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Atharva Veda 4.31.5: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 31, Mantra 5

Sukta 31

वि॒जे॒ष॒कृदिन्द्र॑ इवानवब्र॒वो॒३ऽस्माकं॑ मन्यो अधि॒पा भ॑वे॒ह। प्रि॒यं ते॒ नाम॑ सहुरे गृणीमसि वि॒द्मा तमुत्सं॒ यत॑ आब॒भूथ॑

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.31.5

vijéṣakṛ́d índra iva anavabravó ’smā́kaṃ manyo adhipā́ bhavéhá | priyáṃ te nā́ma sahure gṛṇīmasi vidmá tám utsáṃ yáta ābabhū́tha

Victory-working, like Indra, unrebukable, be thou here our over-lord, O Manyu. Thy dear Name, O overpowering One, we hymn; we know that well-spring whence thou hast arisen.

विजेषकृत्victory-winning, victory-maker
विजेषकृत्:
विशेषण (कर्तृ-सम्बन्धी)
TypeAdjective (agent-noun)
Rootविजेषकृत् (प्रातिपदिक; वि + जि ‘जय’ + कृदन्त -कृत्)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
उपमान (तुलना)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
अनवब्रवःnot to be reviled; irreproachable
अनवब्रवः:
विशेषण (इन्द्रस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनवब्रव (प्रातिपदिक; अ- + अवब्रव ‘blame/abuse’)
अस्माकम्of us, our
अस्माकम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
मन्यःwrath, battle-fury (personified)
मन्यः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootमन्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
अधिपाःoverlord, ruler
अधिपाः:
कर्तृ-सम्बन्धी (विधेय)
TypeNoun (title)
Rootअधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
भवbecome; be
भव:
(आह्वान/विधि)
TypeVerb
Rootभू
इहhere
इह:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
प्रियम्dear (thing); beloved
प्रियम्:
कर्म (गृणीमसि इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
तेyour
ते:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम)
नामname
नाम:
कर्म (गृणीमसि इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
सहुरेto the mighty one
सहुरे:
सम्प्रदान (यस्य स्तुतिः)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootसहुर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘mighty/overpowering’)
गृणीमसिwe praise, we sing
गृणीमसि:
कर्तृ (वयं)
TypeVerb
Rootगॄ (गिर्/गृण् ‘to sing/praise’)
विद्मwe know
विद्म:
कर्तृ (वयं)
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (ज्ञान)
तम्that (one/thing)
तम्:
कर्म (विद्म इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
उत्सम्spring, source
उत्सम्:
कर्म/विषय (विद्म)
TypeNoun
Rootउत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्which
यत्:
कर्म (आबभूथ इत्यस्य)
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम)
towards; forth (prefix)
:
(क्रियाविशेषण-उपसर्ग)
TypePreverb
Root
बभूथyou have become; you arose
बभूथ:
कर्तृ (त्वम्)
TypeVerb
Rootभू

Rishi: Angiras/Atharvanic seer-tradition (Manyu-hymn complex; r̥ṣi attribution varies in ancillary lists)

Devata: Manyu (personified Wrath), with Indra as comparative paradigm

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; Manyu hymns frequently employ triṣṭubh cadence)

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta

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