Atharva Veda 20.127.6: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 127, Mantra 6

Sukta 127

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्र रे॑भ॒ धीं भ॑रस्व गो॒विदं॑ वसु॒विद॑म्। दे॒व॒त्रेमां वाचं॑ स्रीणी॒हीषु॒र्नावी॑र॒स्तार॑म्

IAST Transliteration

prá rébha dhí̄m bharasva govídaṁ vasuvídam | devatrémā́ṁ vā́caṁ srīṇīhī́ṣur nā́vīr astā́ram ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Forth, O Singer, bring thou inspired thought, a winner of kine, a winner of goodly wealth. God-ward whet thou this speech—an arrow—(and) a ship with its steersman for the crossing.

Translation

จงก้าวออกไปเถิด โอ้ ผู้ขับขาน จงนำมาซึ่งปัญญาอันดลใจ—ผู้ชนะโค ผู้ชนะทรัพย์อันงาม. จงลับถ้อยคำนี้ให้มุ่งสู่เทพ ให้เป็นดั่งลูกศร; และให้เป็นดั่งเรือพร้อมนายท้าย เพื่อการข้ามฟาก.

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Word by Word

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

• रेभ: O singer/chanter (Rebha)
• रेभ: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेभ (प्रातिपदिक)

• धीम्: thought, insight, hymn
• धीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धी (प्रातिपदिक)

• भरस्व: bear/bring (for yourself), bring forth
• भरस्व: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृ

• गोविदम्: finding cows; cow-winning
• गोविदम्: Karma (apposition)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोविद (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसुविदम्: finding wealth; wealth-winning
• वसुविदम्: Karma (apposition)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वसुविद (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवत्रा: god-ward, among/unto the gods
• देवत्रा: Adhikaraṇa (direction/goal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: देवत्रा (निपात/अव्यय)

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्

• वाचम्: speech, utterance, hymn
• वाचम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्रीणीही: sharpen/prepare, make ready
• स्रीणीही: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृ (सृणि/स्रीणि ‘to sharpen, whet, make ready’)

• ईषुः: arrow
• ईषुः: Kartā (of implied action ‘is/stands’ or as instrument prepared)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इषु (प्रातिपदिक)

• नावीः: ship, boat
• नावीः: Kartā (apposition to ईषुः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नावी (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्तारम्: spreader/laying-out one; (as epithet) the one who lays out/extends
• अस्तारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्तार (प्रातिपदिक; from √स्तृ ‘to spread/lay’, with privative/augmental a- in lexeme)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Rigvedic attribution (AV 20 parallels RV material); specific r̥ṣi not securely determinable from the provided excerpt alone.

Devata: Vāc / protective-praise directed ‘devatrā’ (god-ward); implicitly the royal-protective divine order.

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type cadence typical of RV-style material in AV 20; exact meter requires full pada syllable count with accent text.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta