Atharva Veda 20.18.6: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 18, Mantra 6

Sukta 18

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

त्वं वर्मा॑सि स॒प्रथः॑ पुरोयो॒धश्च॑ वृत्रहन्। त्वया॒ प्रति॑ ब्रुवे यु॒जा

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.18.6

IAST Transliteration

tváṃ varmā́si sapráthaḥ puroyódhaś ca vṛtrahan | tváyā práti bruve yújā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thou art our armour, broad outspread, and our fore-fighter, O Vṛtra-slayer: with thee as yoked ally I speak in answer (to the foe).

Translation

ท่านคือเกราะของเรา อันแผ่กว้าง และเป็นนักรบแนวหน้า โอผู้สังหารวฤตระ; โดยมีท่านเป็นสหายผู้ผูกเข้าด้วยแอก ข้าพเจ้ากล่าวโต้ตอบ (ต่อศัตรู).

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Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्म: armor, protective covering
• वर्म: कर्तृ-समानााधिकरण (विशेष्य/प्रेडिकेट-नॉमिनेटिव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• सप्रथः: widely extended, broad
• सप्रथः: कर्तृ-समानााधिकरण (त्वम् का विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-प्रथ (प्रातिपदिक; प्रथ ‘विस्तार/प्रसार’ से)

• पुरोयोधः: one who fights in front; vanguard-fighter
• पुरोयोधः: कर्तृ-समानााधिकरण (त्वम् का विशेषण)
• Type: Noun (agentive compound)
• Root: पुरो-योध (प्रातिपदिक; पुरस् + योध ‘युद्ध/योद्धा’)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• वृत्रहन्: O slayer of Vṛtra
• वृत्रहन्: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun/Epithet
• Root: वृत्रहन् (प्रातिपदिक; वृत्र + हन् ‘मारना’)

• त्वया: by/with you
• त्वया: करण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रति: towards; in response
• प्रति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• ब्रुवे: I speak, I address
• ब्रुवे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)

• युजा: as an ally/with a yoke-fellow
• युजा: करण
• Type: Noun (instrumental of companion/associate)
• Root: युज् (धातु) → युज्/युज्- (कृदन्त: तृतीया एकवचन ‘युज्’/‘युज्’ से ‘युज्’ = साथी/जोड़)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic Indra-stotra lineage (as embedded in AV 20)

Devata: Indra (Vṛtrahan)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta