Atharva Veda 20.127.7: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 127, Mantra 7

Sukta 127

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

राज्ञो॑ विश्व॒जनी॑नस्य॒ यो दे॒वोऽमर्त्यां॒ अति॑ । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रस्य॒ सुष्टु॑ति॒मा सु॒नोता॑ परि॒क्षितः॑

IAST Transliteration

rājño viśvajánīnasya yó devó ’martyā́m áti | vaiśvānará sya suṣṭutím ā́ sunótā parikṣítaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

For the King, the All-men’s lord, for that God who passeth beyond the immortal (sphere), press forth—bring forth—the fair laudation of Vaiśvānara, (the praise) of Parikṣit.

Translation

เพื่อพระราชา ผู้เป็นเจ้าแห่งปวงชน; เพื่อเทพองค์นั้นผู้ก้าวล่วงแดนอมตะไป: จงคั้นออก จงนำออก ซึ่งบทสรรเสริญอันงดงามแด่วัยศวานระ (Vaiśvānara)—คือคำสรรเสริญของปริกษิต (Parikṣit).

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Word by Word

• राज्ञः: of the king
• राज्ञः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वजनीनस्य: of the all-people’s / universal (one)
• विश्वजनीनस्य: विशेषण (of ‘राज्ञः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्वजनीन (प्रातिपदिक; विश्व-जन-ईन)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ (relative subject)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: कर्तृ (apposition to ‘यः’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमर्त्याम्: (a) immortal (praise/utterance)
• अमर्त्याम्: कर्म (object; understood ‘स्तुतिम्/वाचम्’ etc.)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अति: beyond, over
• अति: क्रियाविशेषण (preverbial: ‘beyond/over’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति

• वैश्वानरस्य: of Vaiśvānara
• वैश्वानरस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैश्वानर (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुष्टुतिम्: good praise, fine hymn
• सुष्टुतिम्: कर्म (object of ‘शृणोत’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुष्टुति (प्रातिपदिक; सु-स्तुति)

• आ: unto, towards
• आ: क्रियाविशेषण (directive: ‘towards/unto’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ

• शृणोत: hear, listen
• शृणोत: क्रिया (imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)

• परिक्षितः: (O) Parīkṣit / Parikṣit
• परिक्षितः: कर्तृ (vocative-like address in sense; formally nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिक्षित् (प्रातिपदिक; राजन्-नाम)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-style attribution; not determinable from excerpt alone.

Devata: Vaiśvānara (Agni).

Chandas: RV-style meter; exact identification requires syllable count.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira