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Atharva Veda 3.19.4: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 19, Mantra 4

Sukta 19

तीक्ष्णी॑यांसः पर॒शोर॒ग्नेस्तीक्ष्ण॑तरा उत॑। इन्द्र॑स्य॒ वज्रा॒त् तीक्ष्णी॑यांसो॒ येषा॒मस्मि॑ पु॒रोहि॑तः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.19.4

tīkṣṇī́yāṁsaḥ paraśór agnéḥ tīkṣṇá-tarā utá | índrasya vájrāt tīkṣṇī́yāṁso yéṣām ásmi puróhitaḥ ||

Keen-edged beyond Agni’s axe are they, yea keener yet; keener than Indra’s thunderbolt are they, for whom I stand appointed Purohita.

అగ్నியின் పరశు (కొడలి) కంటే కూడా వారు మరింత తీక్ష్ణధారులు—అవును, ఇంకా తీక్ష్ణులు; ఇంద్రుని వజ్రం కంటే కూడా తీక్ష్ణులు వారు, వారి కోసం నేను నియుక్త పురోహితుడిగా నిలిచియున్నాను.

तीक्ष्णीयांसःsharper (comparatively)
तीक्ष्णीयांसः:
Kartā (विधेय-विशेषण; ‘they are sharper’)
TypeAdjective
Rootतीक्ष्ण (प्रातिपदिक; तिक्ष्ण- ‘sharp’) + ईयस् (तद्धित-प्रत्यय; comparative) → तीक्ष्णीयस्
परशोःof the axe
परशोः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive; ‘of the axe’)
TypeNoun
Rootपरशु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘axe’)
अग्नेःof Agni
अग्नेः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive; ‘of Agni’)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘Agni’)
तीक्ष्णतराःsharper (more sharp)
तीक्ष्णतराः:
Kartā (विधेय-विशेषण; ‘(they are) sharper’)
TypeAdjective
Rootतीक्ष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + तर (तद्धित-प्रत्यय; comparative) → तीक्ष्णतर
उतand; also
उत:
— (समुच्चय/अन्वय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात/अव्यय)
इन्द्रस्यof Indra
इन्द्रस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive; ‘of Indra’)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘Indra’)
वज्रात्from/than the thunderbolt
वज्रात्:
Apādāna (ablative; ‘than/from the thunderbolt’)
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘thunderbolt’)
तीक्ष्णीयांसःsharper
तीक्ष्णीयांसः:
Kartā (विधेय-विशेषण; पुनरुक्ति-बल)
TypeAdjective
Rootतीक्ष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + ईयस् (comparative) → तीक्ष्णीयस्
येषाम्of whom; whose
येषाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive; ‘of whom/whose’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मिI am
अस्मि:
— (सम्बन्ध/कोपुला; ‘I am’)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु; ‘to be’)
पुरोहितःpurohita; officiating priest
पुरोहितः:
Kartā/प्रधानीय-कर्तृ (वाक्य-कर्तृ; ‘(I) am the priest’)
TypeNoun
Rootपुरोहित (प्रातिपदिक; ‘purohita, placed in front; priest’)

Rishi: Atharvanic seer (traditional attribution within AV war/host hymns; specific r̥ṣi varies by anukramaṇī tradition)

Devata: Indra (victory), Agni (fiery sharpness), and the empowered host/weapons as functional recipients

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV martial charms; metrical exactness may vary by pada reading)

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra

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