Atharva Veda 20.21.11: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 21, Mantra 11

Sukta 21

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

य उ॒दृची॑न्द्र दे॒वगो॑पाः॒ सखा॑यस्ते शि॒वत॑मा॒ असा॑म । त्वां स्तो॑षाम॒ त्वया॑ सु॒वीरा॒ द्राघी॑य॒ आयुः॑ प्रत॒रं दधा॑नाः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.21.11

IAST Transliteration

yé udṛ́cīndra devágopāḥ sákhāyas te śivátamā́ asáma | tvā́ṃ stóṣāmi tváyā suvī́rā drā́ghīya ā́yuḥ prataráṃ dádhānāḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

We, who are in the northern quarter, god-guarded—thy comrades—would be most graciously befriended, O Indra. Thee will I praise; with thee for our companion, rich in good heroes, bearing onward a longer life and better fortune.

Translation

Kami, na nasa hilagang sangahan, na binabantayan ng mga diyos - ang iyong mga kasama - ay nais na maging pinakamabuting kawil, O Indra. Ikaw ay aking pupurihan; kasama ka naming kasama, na sagana sa mabubuting bayani, na nagbubuhat paunon ng mas mahabang buhay at mas mabuting kapalaran.

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Word by Word

• ये: who (they)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उदृची: the upraised hymn/chant
• उदृची: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्-ऋच् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘उदृच्’ = उद्गता ऋच्/स्तुति:)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवगोपाः: protectors of the gods
• देवगोपाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवगोप (प्रातिपदिक; देव + गोप ‘protector of the gods’)

• सखायः: friends
• सखायः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• शिवतमाः: most auspicious
• शिवतमाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिवतम (प्रातिपदिक; शिव + तमप् ‘most auspicious’)

• असाम: may we be
• असाम: (क्रियापद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्तोषाम: may I praise
• स्तोषाम: (क्रियापद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)

• त्वया: with you/through you
• त्वया: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुवीराः: having good heroes/valiant offspring
• सुवीराः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुवीर (प्रातिपदिक; सु + वीर ‘having good heroes/strong sons’)

• द्राघीय: longer
• द्राघीय: Karma
• Type: Adjective (comparative)
• Root: द्राघीयस् (प्रातिपदिक; comparative of द्राघ ‘long’)

• आयुः: life, lifespan
• आयुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रतरम्: further, more (extended)
• प्रतरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Adverbial
• Root: प्रतर (प्रातिपदिक; comparative of प्र ‘further/forward’, ‘more’)

• दधानाः: bearing, bestowing
• दधानाः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: धा (धातु) → दधत् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance; not determinable from excerpt alone.

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type (requires scansion).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta