Atharva Veda 20.125.4: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 125, Mantra 4

Sukta 125

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यु॒वं सु॒राम॑मश्विना॒ नमु॑चावासु॒रे सचा॑ । वि॒पि॒पा॒ना शु॑भस्पती॒ इन्द्रं॒ कर्म॑स्वावतम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.125.4

IAST Transliteration

yuváṃ surā́m aśvinā námucāvasuré sacā́ | vipipānā́ śúbhaspatī índraṃ kármasv ā́vatam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ye twain, O Aśvins, drank the surā with Namuci the Asura; drinking deep, O Lords of splendour, ye aided Indra in his deeds.

Translation

โอ อัศวิน (Aśvin) ทั้งสอง ท่านได้ดื่มสุรา (surā) ร่วมกับนามุจิ (Namuci) อสูร. เมื่อดื่มลึกดื่มเต็ม โอเจ้าแห่งความรุ่งเรือง ท่านได้เกื้อหนุนอินทระ (Indra) ในกิจการทั้งหลายของพระองค์.

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Word by Word

• युवाम्: you two (Aśvins)
• युवाम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुराम्: sura-liquor
• सुराम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्विना: O Aśvins
• अश्विना: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नमुचौ: in/at (the realm of) Namuci
• नमुचौ: अधिकरण
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: नमुचि (प्रातिपदिक; असुर-नाम)

• असुरे: in/with the Asura
• असुरे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर (प्रातिपदिक)

• सचा: together; along with
• सचा: सह/सम्बन्ध
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सच्/सच (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक; ‘together, with’)

• विपिपाना: having drunk (well), drinking repeatedly
• विपिपाना: कर्तृ
• Type: Participle (Perfect/Reduplicated) used adjectivally
• Root: वि + पा (धातु) → विपिपान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• शुभस्पती: O lords of splendor/beauty
• शुभस्पती: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun/Epithet
• Root: शुभस् + पति (समास-प्रातिपदिक: शुभस्पति)

• इन्द्रम्: Indra
• इन्द्रम्: कर्म
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• कर्मसु: in (his/your) deeds, in actions
• कर्मसु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आवतम्: helped/protected; aided
• आवतम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (verbal adjective) / participial form
• Root: अव् (धातु ‘to help/protect’) + आ- (उपसर्ग) → आवत् (कृदन्त/विशेषण)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived (AV 20 reprise).

Devata: Aśvins (with Indra in the narrative frame)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (shorter pādas), as transmitted in this reprise

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: vira