Atharva Veda 6.126.1: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 126, Mantra 1

Sukta 126

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दुन्दुभिः। उप॑ श्वासय पृथि॒वीमु॒त द्यां पु॑रु॒त्रा ते॑ वन्वतां॒ विष्ठि॑तं जग॑त्। स दु॑न्दुभे स॒जूरिन्द्रे॑ण दे॒वैर्दू॒राद् दवी॑यो॒ अप॑ सेध॒ शत्रू॑न्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 6.126.1

IAST Transliteration

dundúbhiḥ | úpa śvāsaya pṛthivī́m utá dyā́ṃ purutrā́ te vanvatāṃ víṣṭhitaṃ jágat | sá dundubhe sajū́r índreṇa deváir dūrā́d davī́yo ápa sedha śátrūn

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With the drum set thou earth and heaven a-breathing; far and wide let the established world bestir itself for thee. O Drum, in company with Indra and the Gods, from far, from farther yet, repel away the foes.

Translation

(ดุนทุภิ dundubhi—กลองศึกเอ๋ย) จงทำให้แผ่นดินและฟ้าหายใจพร้อมกัน; ขอให้โลกอันตั้งมั่นนี้เคลื่อนไหวเพื่อท่านไปไกลและกว้าง. โอกลองศึกเอ๋ย จงร่วมกับอินทระและเหล่าเทพ ขับไล่ศัตรูให้ถอยไป จากที่ไกล จากที่ไกลยิ่งนัก.

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Word by Word

• दुन्दुभिः: with drums (by means of the drum-sound)
• दुन्दुभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुन्दुभि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• उप: up; near; (as preverb intensifying the verb)
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• श्वासय: make (it) resound; cause to blow/breathe (i.e., sound the drum)
• श्वासय: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्वस् (श्वसँ प्राणने) → श्वासय (णिच् causative)

• पृथिवीम्: the earth
• पृथिवीम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी- (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत: and; also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (अव्यय)

• द्याम्: the sky
• द्याम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ-/दिव्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sky’)

• पुरुत्रा: in many places; far and wide
• पुरुत्रा: अधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरुत्रा (अव्यय)

• ते: of you; your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्- (सर्वनाम)

• वन्वताम्: of (those) striving/pressing on (i.e., of your impelling sounds/forces)
• वन्वताम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वन्व्/√वन (वन्वँ/वनँ सम्भक्तौ/प्रार्थने; ‘to strive, seek, win’) → वन्वत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• विष्ठितम्: set in motion; made to stand apart/firm; stirred (context: the world set/stirred)
• विष्ठितम्: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √स्था (तिष्ठति) + वि- → विष्ठित (भूतकृदन्त)

• जगत्: the moving world; the universe
• जगत्: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक; from √गम्/√जग् ‘to move’)

• स: he/it (that drum)
• स: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्- (सर्वनाम)

• दुन्दुभे: O drum
• दुन्दुभे: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुन्दुभि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सजूर्: together; in unison
• सजूर्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सजूस्/सजूर् (अव्यय; ‘together, in concord’)

• इन्द्रेण: with Indra
• इन्द्रेण: सह/करण (सहयोगे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवैः: with the gods
• देवैः: सह/करण (सहयोगे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव- (प्रातिपदिक)

• दूरात्: from afar
• दूरात्: अपादान
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दूर (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव)

• दवीयः: farther; more far away
• दवीयः: कर्म/क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दवियस्- (तुलनात्मक/तरप्; from दूर/दव ‘far’)

• अप: away; off
• अप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• सेध: repel; ward off; keep back
• सेध: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सिध्/√सेध् (षिधँ/सेधँ प्रतिषेधे/निवारणे) → सेध (णिजन्त?; here imperative)

• शत्रून्: enemies
• शत्रून्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु- (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Dundubhi (personified drum) allied with Indra

Chandas: Jagatī/triṣṭubh-like mixed cadence (edition-dependent).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta