Atharva Veda 20.49.7: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 5, Sukta 49, Mantra 7

Sukta 49

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

येना॑ समु॒द्रमसृ॑जो म॒हीर॒पस्तदि॑न्द्र॒ वृष्णि॑ ते॒ शवः॑ । स॒द्यः सो अ॑स्य महि॒मा न सं॒नशे॒ यं क्षो॒णीर॑नुचक्र॒दे

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.49.7

IAST Transliteration

yéna samudrám asṛ́jo mahī́r apás tád índra vṛ́ṣṇi te śávaḥ | sadyáḥ só asya mahimā́ ná saṁnaśé yáṁ kṣóṇīr anucakradé ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whereby thou didst loose into the ocean the mighty waters—that, O Indra, Bull-like, is thy strength. Forthwith that majesty of his perisheth not, which the broad lands have followed in their rolling course.

Translation

ด้วยพลังนั้นเอง ท่านได้ปล่อยสายน้ำอันยิ่งใหญ่ลงสู่มหาสมุทร—โอ้อินทระ ผู้ดุจพญาโค นั่นคือเดชานุภาพของท่าน. ทันใดนั้นเอง ความยิ่งใหญ่ของเขามิได้เสื่อมสูญ; แผ่นดินอันกว้างใหญ่ทั้งหลายหมุนเวียนไปตามครรลองที่กลิ้งวนของมัน.

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Word by Word

• येन: by which
• येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• समुद्रम्: the ocean
• समुद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• असृजः: you released / let flow
• असृजः: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु) ‘सर्जने/मोचने’

• महीः: great
• महीः: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक) ‘महती’

• अपः: waters
• अपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्/आप् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘जल’

• तत्: that
• तत्: (वाक्य-सम्बन्धः/प्रत्यवमर्शः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृष्णि: O bull-like one / mighty one
• वृष्णि: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: वृष्णि (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शवः: might, power
• शवः: Kartā (नाम-रूपेण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शवस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘बल/शक्ति’

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरणम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: he / that (one)
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्य: of him / of this
• अस्य: (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• महिमा: greatness, majesty
• महिमा: Kartā (नाम-रूपेण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• न: (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)

• सन्नशे: perishes / is destroyed
• सन्नशे: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु) ‘नश्यति/विनश्यति’

• यम्: whom
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• क्षोणीः: the earths / lands
• क्षोणीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षोणी (प्रातिपदिक) ‘पृथिवी/भूमि’

• अनु: after, along
• अनु: (क्रिया-विशेषण/उपसर्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• चक्रदे: has strode / has stepped
• चक्रदे: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रम् (धातु) ‘क्रमणे’

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived Indra hymn tradition

Devata: Indra (as Vṛṣan, releaser of waters)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta