Atharva Veda 9.4.21: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 21

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒यं पिपा॑न॒ इन्द्र॒ इद् र॒यिं द॑धातु चेत॒नीम्। अ॒यं धे॒नुं सु॒दुघां॒ नित्य॑वत्सां॒ वशं॑ दुहां विप॒श्चितं॑ प॒रो दि॒वः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 9.4.21

IAST Transliteration

ayáṁ pipā́na índra íd rayíṁ dadhātu cetanī́m | ayáṁ dhenúṁ sudúghāṁ nítyavatsāṁ váśaṁ duhā́ṁ vipaścítaṁ paró diváḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This Indra, waxing full, shall verily bestow quickening wealth. This (gift) shall bring a milch-cow, good at milking, ever with calf, obedient to the hand, yielding milk—wise—(a boon) from beyond the heaven.

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Word by Word

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पिपानः: drinking / invigorated (by drinking)
• पिपानः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: पा (धातु) → पिपान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; परस्मैपदी)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• इत्: indeed / just
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात/अव्यय)

• रयिम्: wealth, riches
• रयिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि (प्रातिपदिक)

• दधातु: may he place / bestow
• दधातु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

• चेतनीम्: quickening, animating (wealth)
• चेतनीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चेतनी (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक; ‘चेतना-युक्ता/प्रेरयित्री’)

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• धेनुम्: milch-cow
• धेनुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धेनु (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुदुघाम्: good-milking, yielding well
• सुदुघाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-दुघा (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक; सु + दुह् ‘to milk’)

• नित्यवत्साम्: with an ever-present calf
• नित्यवत्साम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नित्य-वत्सा (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक; ‘having a constant calf’)

• वशम्: control, dominion
• वशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुहाम्: milking out (yielding)
• दुहाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: दुह् (धातु) → दुह (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• विपश्चितम्: wise, discerning
• विपश्चितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-पश्चित् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘clear-seeing, wise’)

• परः: far, beyond
• परः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिवः: from heaven / of heaven
• दिवः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Indra (primary); cow as beneficiary-object

Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh-like (Atharvanic cadence; longer pāda in second half suggests non-strict anuṣṭubh)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shringara

Secondary: vira