Atharva Veda 4.30.5: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 30, Mantra 5

Sukta 30

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒हं रु॒द्राय॒ धनु॒रा त॑नोमि ब्रह्म॒द्विषे॒ शर॑वे॒ हन्त॒वा उ॑ । अ॒हं जना॑य स॒मदं॑ कृणोम्य॒हं॑ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी आ वि॑वेश

IAST Transliteration

aháṃ rudrā́ya dhánur ā́ tanomi brahmádviṣe śárave hántavā́ u | aháṃ jánāya samádaṃ kṛṇomy aháṃ dyā́vā-pṛthivī́ ā́ viveśa ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

I stretch the bow for Rudra, yea, for the arrow, to slay the hater of the holy spell. I make for the people the onset of battle; I have entered into Heaven and Earth.

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Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• रुद्राय: to/for Rudra
• रुद्राय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: forth, towards (as preverb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• तनोमि: I stretch/extend
• तनोमि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तन्

• ब्रह्मद्विषे: for the Brahman-hater (one who hates sacred power)
• ब्रह्मद्विषे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun (agent-noun)
• Root: ब्रह्मद्विष् (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मन्+द्विष्)

• शरवे: for the arrow
• शरवे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर (प्रातिपदिक)

• हन्तवा: to slay
• हन्तवा: प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य
• Type: Verbal noun (infinitive)
• Root: √हन्

• उ: indeed
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (निपात)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• जनाय: for the people/for a person
• जनाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)

• समदम्: battle-fury, conflict, contest
• समदम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: समद (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणोमि: I make
• कृणोमि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• द्यावापृथिवी: heaven-and-earth
• द्यावापृथिवी: कर्म
• Type: Noun (dual compound)
• Root: द्यावापृथिवी (द्वन्द्व-प्रातिपदिक; द्यौस्+पृथिवी)

• आ: into, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• विवेश: I have entered/pervaded
• विवेश: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विश्

Attribution

Rishi: Vāc/Brahmanic ‘aham’ persona (traditional attribution variable)

Devata: Rudra (as armed by brahman) / Brahman (as power)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (to be confirmed)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira