Atharva Veda 19.18.8: Kanda 19, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 18, Mantra 8

Sukta 18

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इन्द्रं॒ ते म॒रुत्व॑न्तमृच्छन्तु । ये मा॑घा॒यव॑ ए॒तस्या॑ दि॒शोऽभि॒दासा॑त्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 19.18.8

IAST Transliteration

índraṃ te marútvantam r̥cchantu | yé māghāyáva etásyā diśó’bhidā́sāt |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

To thee may they resort—Indra with the Maruts—against those Māghāyus who assail from this quarter.

Translation

ขอให้เขาทั้งหลายไปพึ่งท่าน—อินทระ (Indra) ผู้มีมรุต (Marut) ร่วม—เพื่อปราบพวกมาฆายุ (Māghāyu) ที่เข้าจู่โจมอันเป็นศัตรูจากทิศนี้

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Word by Word

• इन्द्रम्: Indra (as the one to be reached)
• इन्द्रम्: कर्म (गम्य/प्राप्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मरुत्वन्तम्: accompanied by the Maruts
• मरुत्वन्तम्: विशेषण (इन्द्रम्-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मरुत्वन्त् (प्रातिपदिक; मरुत् + वन्त्)

• ऋच्छन्तु: let (them) reach / may (they) go to
• ऋच्छन्तु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋच्छ् (धातु; गत्यर्थ—‘to go/attain’)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: कर्तृ (ऋच्छन्तु का कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• माघायवः: the bountiful / generous ones
• माघायवः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (ये का विशेषण)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: माघायू (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मघा/दान’ से सम्बन्धित—दानशील/उदार)

• एतस्याः: of this
• एतस्याः: सम्बन्ध (दिशः के साथ)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दिशः: of the direction/quarter
• दिशः: सम्बन्ध (अभिदासात् का सम्बन्ध/निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभिदासात्: from (hostile) attack / from an assailant
• अभिदासात्: अपादान (from hostile assault/assailant) / हेतु-निवृत्ति
• Type: Noun (abstract/agent) / verbal-noun usage
• Root: अभि + दास् (धातु; ‘to harm/assail’—वैदिक प्रयोग), अथवा ‘अभिदास’ (प्रातिपदिक: ‘assailant/hostile attack’) से अपादान

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous (book 19 protective series)

Devata: Indra (with Maruts)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (late/irregular)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra