Atharva Veda 20.122.3: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 122, Mantra 3

Sukta 122

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ यद् दुवः॑ शतक्रत॒वा कामं॑ जरितॄ॒णाम्। ऋ॒णोरक्षं॒ न शची॑भिः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.122.3

IAST Transliteration

ā́ yád dúvaḥ śatakrato ā́ kā́maṃ jaritṝṇā́m | ṛṇórakṣáṃ na śácībhiḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

When, O Śatakratu, worship draws thee hither to the singers’ wish, then with thy puissant powers thou unbarrest the warding hindrance.

Translation

เมื่อการบูชานำเจ้ามาที่นี่—โอ ศตกรตุ (Śatakratu ผู้มีร้อยกลศึก)—เพื่อสนองความปรารถนาของเหล่านักขับสรรเสริญ; เมื่อนั้นด้วยฤทธิ์เดชของเจ้า (śacī) เจ้าจึงปลดเครื่องกีดขวางอันคุ้มกันออก.

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Word by Word

• आ: towards, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• यत्: that (which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दुवः: service, worship
• दुवः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दु (धातु) → दुवस् (नाम/कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; ‘worship/service’)

• शतक्रतवा: O hundred-powered (Indra)
• शतक्रतवा: Sampradāna (addressed deity)
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: शत-क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य विशेषणम्)

• कामम्: desire, wish
• कामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)

• जरितॄणाम्: of the praisers
• जरितॄणाम्: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरितृ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘singer/praiser’)

• ऋणोः: you reach / you attain
• ऋणोः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋ (धातु; ‘to go/attain’) → ऋणोति (वेदिक)

• अक्षम्: axle; (also) eye/die (context: axle)
• अक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• शचीभिः: with (your) powers/skills
• शचीभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शची (प्रातिपदिक; ‘power, skill’; also Indra’s powers)

Attribution

Rishi: RV source attribution (as per the underlying RV hymn in the Indra corpus).

Devata: Indra (Śatakratu).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta