Atharva Veda 20.127.4 - Kanda 20, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 127, Mantra 4

Atharva Veda 20.127.4: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 127, Mantra 4

Sukta 127

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वच्य॑स्व रेभ॑ वच्यस्व वृ॒क्षे न प॒क्वे श॒कुनः॑ । नष्टे॑ जि॒ह्वा च॑र्चरीति क्षु॒रो न भु॒रिजो॑रिव

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.127.4

IAST Transliteration

vacyásva rebhá vacyasva vṛkṣé ná pakvé śakúnaḥ | naṣṭé jihvā́ cárcarīti kṣuró ná bhuríjor iva ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Speak out, O Rebha, speak thou clearly, like a bird upon a ripened tree. Though the tongue be lost, it chatters harshly, like a razor, as of Bhurij.

Translation

โอ เรภะ จงกล่าว จงกล่าวให้ชัดเจน ดุจนกบนต้นไม้ที่สุกงอม แม้ลิ้นจะสูญไป ก็ยังเจื้อยแจ้วกระด้าง ดุจมีดโกน ราวกับคมของภูริช (Bhurij).

Word by Word

वच्यस्वspeak! / utter!

रेभO singer/chanter (rebha)!

वच्यस्वspeak!

वृक्षेon/in the tree

नnot

पक्वे(on) the ripe (tree)

शकुनःthe bird

नष्टेis lost / has perished

जिह्वाthe tongue

चand

चर्चरीतिchatters/rattles (makes a ‘carcar’ sound)

क्षुरःa razor

नlike (as)

भुरिजोःof the two ‘bhurij’ (name of a pair; traditionally understood as a paired implement/parts)

इवlike

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain; Rebha is addressed (possibly as poet-figure within the hymn).

Devata: Vāc (implicit), poetic speech; secondarily the addressed singer Rebha.

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh; requires verification.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: bhayankara

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