Atharva Veda 20.18.2: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 18, Mantra 2

Sukta 18

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

न घे॑म॒न्यदा प॑पन॒ वज्रि॑न्न॒पसो॒ नवि॑ष्टौ । तवेदु॒ स्तोमं॑ चिकेत

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.18.2

IAST Transliteration

ná ghém anyádā papan vájrin ápaso náviṣṭau | tavéd u stómam ciketa ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Not indeed at any other time, O Thunderer, have (men) reached thy mighty works as in this newest rite: do thou, for thy part, take heed of our praise.

Translation

โอ้ผู้ทรงสายฟ้า (วชริน), ในกาลอื่นใด มนุษย์หาได้เข้าถึงกิจอันยิ่งใหญ่ของท่านดังที่เข้าถึงในพิธีบูชาครั้งใหม่นี้ไม่. ขอท่านจงใส่ใจและรับรู้บทสรรเสริญของเราเถิด.

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Word by Word

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• घेम्: indeed / surely
• घेम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: घेम्

• अन्यदा: at another time / otherwise
• अन्यदा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यदा

• पपन: drank
• पपन: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (पिबति) → पपौ

• वज्रिन्: O wielder of the thunderbolt (Indra)
• वज्रिन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: वज्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक; वज्र- + इन्)

• अपसः: of the work / of the deed
• अपसः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नविष्टौ: in the newest (act/achievement) / in the most recent undertaking
• नविष्टौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नविष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)

• तव: of you / your
• तव: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इदु: indeed / just
• इदु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इदु

• स्तोमम्: praise / hymn
• स्तोमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• चिकेत: has perceived / has taken notice
• चिकेत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: चित् (चेतति)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived Indra hymn tradition (Kaṇva context in surrounding verses)

Devata: Indra (Vajrin)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (as transmitted here)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra