Atharva Veda 9.3.3: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 3

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ य॑याम॒ सं ब॑बर्ह ग्र॒न्थींश्च॑कार ते दृ॒ढान्। परूं॑षि वि॒द्वांछस्ते॒वेन्द्रे॑ण॒ वि चृ॑तामसि

IAST Transliteration

ā́ ayāma sám babarha gránthīṃś cakāra te dṛḍhā́n | parū́ṃṣi vidvā́ṃ chástéva índreṇa ví cṛtāmasi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hither we come: he hath bound fast, he hath made for thee firm knots. Thy joints, as one that knoweth, as with an axe,—with Indra—do we cut apart.

Translation

เราทั้งหลายมาถึงที่นี่แล้ว เขาได้ผูกแน่น และทำปมอันแข็งแรงไว้แก่ท่าน ข้อต่อทั้งหลายของท่าน—ดุจผู้รู้ ดุจใช้ขวาน—พร้อมด้วยอินทรา (Indra) เราทั้งหลายขอตัดให้ขาด

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Word by Word

• आ: towards; forth (preverb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• ययाम: he went/advanced
• ययाम: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)

• सम्: together; completely (preverb)
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (upasarga)

• बबर्ह: he tore out; pulled out
• बबर्ह: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: बर्ह् (धातु)

• ग्रन्थीन्: knots; swellings
• ग्रन्थीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रन्थि (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• अकार: he made
• अकार: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दृढान्: firm; hard
• दृढान्: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृढ (प्रातिपदिक)

• परूंषि: joints; limbs (lit. ‘knuckles/joints’)
• परूंषि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परु (प्रातिपदिक)

• विद्वान्: knowing; skilled
• विद्वान्: Kartā (apposition)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विद्वस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √विद्)

• छस्ते: you cover/protect (for yourself/for you)
• छस्ते: Kartā (2nd person) / Karma implied
• Type: Verb
• Root: छद्/छद् (धातु) + ते (enclitic)

• इव: like; as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (avyaya)

• इन्द्रेण: with/through Indra
• इन्द्रेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart; asunder (preverb)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (upasarga)

• चृताम्: cut apart; sever
• चृताम्: Kartā (2nd person) / Karma implied
• Type: Verb
• Root: चृत्/चृ (धातु)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Āṅgirasa attribution (Anukramaṇī tradition)

Devata: Indra (instrumental ally) and the house-joints/knots as operative targets

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta