Atharva Veda 20.45.2: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 5, Sukta 45, Mantra 2

Sukta 45

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स्तो॒त्रं रा॑धानां पते॒ गिर्वा॑हो वीर॒ यस्य॑ ते । विभू॑तिरस्तु सू॒नृता॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.45.2

IAST Transliteration

stótraṃ rā́dhānāṃ pate gírvāho vī́ra yásya te | vibhū́tir astu sū́nṛtā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A hymn to thee, O Lord of gifts, O Song-borne Hero: thine be abundant might; and ours the gracious, truthful speech.

Translation

ขอถวายบทสรรเสริญแด่ท่าน โอ้เจ้าแห่งทาน โอ้วีรบุรุษผู้มาด้วยบทเพลง; ขอให้ฤทธานุภาพของท่านไพบูลย์ และขอให้เรามีวาจาอ่อนโยนสัตย์จริง (sūnṛtā)

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Word by Word

• स्तोत्रम्: hymn; praise-song
• स्तोत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (स्तु-धातोः क्त्र प्रत्ययान्त प्रातिपदिक) / √स्तु (स्तुतौ)

• राधानाम्: of the gifts/boons; of the prosperities
• राधानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधा (प्रातिपदिक)

• पते: O lord/master
• पते: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• गिर्वाहो: O bearer of songs (praise-bearer)
• गिर्वाहो: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: गिर्वाहस् (प्रातिपदिक; गिर् + वाह)

• वीर: O hero
• वीर: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you; your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विभूतिः: manifest power; abundance; prosperity
• विभूतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभूति (वि-√भू + क्तिन्; प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्तु: let there be; may it be
• अस्तु: (Kriyā) — verbal predicate
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भुवि/सत्तायाम्)

• सूनृता: kindly/true speech; gracious utterance
• सूनृता: Kartā (apposition to विभूतिः) / Predicate-nominative
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूनृता (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance (borrowed into AV 20)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: RV-style meter (likely Anuṣṭubh/short meter; depends on RV source)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira