Atharva Veda 20.127.5: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 127, Mantra 5

Sukta 127

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्र रे॒भासो॑ मनी॒षा वृषा॒ गाव॑ इवेरते । अ॒मो॒त॒पुत्र॑का ए॒षाम॒मोत॑ गा॒ इवा॑सते

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.127.5

IAST Transliteration

prá rebhā́so manīṣā́ vṛ́ṣā gā́va ivērते | amótaputrākā́ eṣā́m amóta gā́va ivā́sate ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Forth spring the singers’ inspired thoughts, like bulls, like cows they are impelled. The sons of Amota—of these, Amota’s cows, as it were, abide in settled store.

Translation

ความคิดอันดลใจของเหล่านักขับร้องพุ่งออกไปข้างหน้า ดุจโคผู้ ดุจโคเมียที่ถูกต้อนให้เคลื่อนไป บุตรแห่งอโมตะ (Amota) เป็นของพวกเขา และโคของอโมตะก็ประหนึ่งพำนักอยู่เป็นเสบียงที่เก็บสะสมมั่นคง.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• रेभासः: singers/praisers (poets)
• रेभासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेभ (प्रातिपदिक)

• मनीषा: with thought/insight
• मनीषा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनीषा (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृषा: the bull (i.e., the strong one)
• वृषा: Kartā (appositional/qualifier)
• Type: Noun (used adjectivally)
• Root: वृषन्/वृष (प्रातिपदिक)

• गावः: cows
• गावः: Kartā (of the simile-clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• ईरते: they move/are set in motion
• ईरते: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईर् (धातु)

• अमोत: indeed/so/just (emphatic particle)
• अमोत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अमोत (निपात/पद-विशेष; Vedic particle)

• पुत्रकाः: little sons/sons
• पुत्रकाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)

• एषाम्: of these/of them
• एषाम्: Sambandha (genitival relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अमोत: indeed/so (emphasis)
• अमोत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अमोत (निपात/पद-विशेष; Vedic particle)

• गाः: cows
• गाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• आसते: they sit/abide
• आसते: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain; internal focus on Rebhas and Amota lineage.

Devata: Prosperity/wealth (go, iṣ) and the praised lineage; implicit Vāc/Manīṣā as enabling power.

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh; requires verification.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta