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Atharva Veda 1.21.1: Kanda 1, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 21, Mantra 1

Sukta 21

शत्रुनिवारणम्। स्वस्ति॒दा वि॒शां पति॑र्वृत्र॒हा वि॑मृ॒धो॑ व॒शी। वृषेन्द्रः॑ पु॒र ए॑तु नः सोम॒पा अ॑भयंक॒रः

svastidā́ viśā́m pátir vṛtrahā́ vimṛ́dho vaśī́ | vṛ́ṣéndraḥ púra étu naḥ somapā́ abháyaṃkaraḥ ||

The Giver of welfare, the Lord of the clans, Vṛtra-slayer, controller of the hostile assailants—bull-like Indra—let him go before us, the Soma-drinker, the maker of fearlessness.

Ang nagkakaloob ng kagalingan, ang Panginoon ng mga angkan, ang pumatay kay Vrtra, ang tagapaglikha sa mga sumasalakay na kaaway, si Indra na tulad ng toro, nawa siya ay mauna sa amin, ang umiinom ng Soma, ang tagapaglikha ng kawalang takot.

स्वस्तिदाbestowing welfare
स्वस्तिदा:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वस्ति-द (प्रातिपदिक: स्वस्ति + दा ‘देने’)
विशाम्of the clans/people
विशाम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootविश् (प्रातिपदिक: विश् ‘जन/कुल/प्रजा’)
पतिःlord, protector
पतिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपति (प्रातिपदिक)
वृत्रहाslayer of Vṛtra (obstacle-slayer)
वृत्रहा:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवृत्र-हन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वृत्र’ + ‘हन्’=slayer)
विमृधःhostile foes/opponents
विमृधः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवि-मृध् (प्रातिपदिक: विमृध् ‘विरोध/शत्रु/हानिकर’)
वशीmighty, controlling
वशी:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootवशिन् (प्रातिपदिक: वशिन् ‘वशी/नियन्ता’)
वृषेन्द्रःbull-like Indra (strong Indra)
वृषेन्द्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवृष-इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bull-like Indra’)
पुरःin front, before (us)
पुरः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरस् (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थक; ‘in front, before’)
एतुlet (him) go/come
एतु:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु: इ ‘to go’)
नःfor us / of us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
सोमपाःSoma-drinker
सोमपाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसोम-पा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘Soma-drinker’)
अभयङ्करःfear-dispelling, making (us) fearless
अभयङ्करः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-भय-कर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘making fearlessness’)

Rishi: Indra-focused Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by Anukramaṇī; commonly treated as an Indra-stuti within Atharvanic collections).

Devata: Indra (as Vṛtrahan, Somapā, Abhayaṃkara).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of ~8 syllables; Atharvanic anuṣṭubh style).

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta

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