Atharva Veda 20.116.2: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 12, Sukta 116, Mantra 2

Sukta 116

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अम॑न्म॒हीद॑ना॒शवो॑ऽनु॒ग्रास॑श्च वृत्रहन्। सु॒कृत्सु ते॑ मह॒ता शू॑र॒ राध॒सानु॒ स्तोमं॑ मुदीमहि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.116.2

IAST Transliteration

ám anmahīdánāśavo’nugrā́saś ca vṛtrahan | sukṛ́tsu te mahatā́ śūra rā́dhasā́nu stómam mudīmahi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Yea, unconquered, gracious, O Vṛtra-slayer: among the righteous, O Hero, with thy mighty bounty, in due course we gladden ourselves with a hymn of praise.

Translation

ہاں، اے وترہن، ناقابل تسخیر اور مہربان، نیکوں کے درمیان، اے ہیرو، تیرے عظیم عطا سے، مناسب وقت پر ہم ایک ستوت کے ساتھ خوش ہوتے ہیں۔

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Word by Word

• अमन्महीदनाशवः: (they) who are not quickly harmed/checked in their impulse (i.e., unimpeded, unharmed swiftly)
• अमन्महीदनाशवः: Kartā (अनु-ग्रासाः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्) अथवा कर्तृसमूह-विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमन्महीदनाशु (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि-समास) = अ- (निषेध) + मन्मही (मन्मथ/मन्मन्-सम्बद्ध ‘उत्साह/प्रेरणा’) + दन (√दन्/√दं ‘to hurt, to bite’ से) + आशु ‘शीघ्र’

• अनुग्रासाः: followers/assailants; those who press on (devour after)
• अनुग्रासाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रास (प्रातिपदिक; अनु- + √ग्रस् ‘to swallow, devour’ → ‘following-devourers/assailants’)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वृत्रहन्: O Vṛtra-slayer
• वृत्रहन्: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: वृत्रहन् (प्रातिपदिक; वृत्र- ‘obstacle/dragon’ + हन् ‘slayer’)

• सुकृत्सु: among the well-doers / among the meritorious
• सुकृत्सु: Adhikaraṇa (locative: ‘among/in’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुकृत् (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + √कृ ‘to do’ → ‘well-doer/merit’)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of/for you’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• महता: with great (power/means)
• महता: Karaṇa (instrumental: ‘by/with’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शूर: O hero
• शूर: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: शूर (प्रातिपदिक)

• राधसा: with bounty / with your gift
• राधसा: Karaṇa (instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bounty, gift, favor’)

• अनु: after; in accordance; along
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

• स्तोमम्: praise-hymn
• स्तोमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोम (प्रातिपदिक; ‘hymn of praise’)

• मुदीमहि: we rejoice / we are glad
• मुदीमहि: Kartā (अस्मदर्थे ‘वयम्’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुद् (to rejoice, be glad)

Attribution

Rishi: RV provenance (Indra-stuti tradition; AV 20 is a collection of RV hymns/verses in Saunaka)

Devata: Indra (Vṛtrahan)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh/Triṣṭubh-type RV cadence (as transmitted in AV 20; meter should be verified against RV parallel).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta