Atharva Veda 20.128.7: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 128, Mantra 7

Sukta 128

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

य आ॒क्ताक्षः॑ सुभ्य॒क्तः सुम॑णिः॒ सुहि॑र॒ण्यवः॑ । सुब्र॑ह्मा॒ ब्रह्म॑णः पु॒त्रस्तो॒ता कल्पे॑षु सं॒मिता॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.128.7

IAST Transliteration

yá āktākṣáḥ subhyaktáḥ sumaṇíḥ suhiraṇyaváḥ | subráhmā bráhmaṇaḥ putráḥ totā kálpeṣu saṃmítā ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He whose eyes are duly anointed, well-smeared, possessed of a good amulet, and furnished with good gold; a good brahman, the Brahman’s son—Tota, in the ritual ordinances, is rightly measured and set.

Translation

جس کی آنکھیں صحیح طور پر مسح کی گئی ہیں، اچھی طرح لگی ہوئی، اچھے تعویذ والا، اچھے سونے سے مزین؛ ایک اچھا برہمن، برہمن کا بیٹا، یعنی توتا، رسوم میں صحیح طرح ناپا اور مقرر کیا گیا ہے۔

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Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आक्ताक्षः: having anointed eyes
• आक्ताक्षः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: आक्त + अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक; आङ्+अञ्ज् → आक्त ‘anointed’ + अक्ष ‘eye’)

• सुभ्यक्तः: well-anointed
• सुभ्यक्तः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + भ्यक्त (प्रातिपदिक; भञ्ज्/भज्? here ‘well-smeared/anointed’ as past participial adjective)

• सुमणिः: having a good jewel/amulet
• सुमणिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: सु + मणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुहिरण्यवः: rich in gold / having good gold
• सुहिरण्यवः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + हिरण्यव (प्रातिपदिक; हिरण्य ‘gold’ + -व/वन् possessive)

• सुब्रह्मा: a good brahman/priest
• सुब्रह्मा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: सु + ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘good brahman/priest’)

• ब्रह्मणः: of brahman / of sacred power
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्तोता: praiser, chanter
• स्तोता: Kartā
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: स्तोतृ (प्रातिपदिक; from √स्तु ‘to praise’)

• कल्पेषु: in the rites/ceremonial arrangements
• कल्पेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)

• संमितः: well-measured, well-regulated
• संमितः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + मित (PPP from √मा ‘to measure’ → ‘measured, regulated, well-ordered’)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain/late compilation layer (Book 20); treated as traditional Atharvanic transmission rather than a single early ṛṣi attribution.

Devata: Auspicious qualities personified; effectively the empowered human subject (Tota) under brahmanic potency.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (late AV style; refrain-driven).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta