Atharva Veda 5.21.10: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 21, Mantra 10

Sukta 21

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आदि॑त्य॒ चक्षु॒रा द॑त्स्व॒ मरी॑च॒योऽनु॑ धावत । प॒त्स॒ङ्गिनी॒रा स॑जन्तु॒ विग॑ते बाहुवी॒र्येऽ

IAST Transliteration

ādítya cákṣur ā́ datsva marī́cayo ’nú dhāvata | patsáṅginīr ā́ sajantu vígate bāhúvīrye

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Āditya, bestow hither sight; let the rays run on in pursuit. Let the foot-attending powers attach themselves to us, when the foe’s arm-might is gone away.

Translation

Hỡi Āditya, xin ban cho chúng con thị lực ngay tại đây; nguyện các tia sáng (mārīcayaḥ) lao theo truy đuổi. Khi sức mạnh cánh tay của kẻ thù đã tan biến, nguyện các năng lực hộ vệ đi kèm bước chân gắn kết với chúng con.

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Word by Word

• आदित्य: Āditya (the Sun)
• आदित्य: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्षुः: eye; sight
• चक्षुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards; unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• दत्स्व: give (you should give)
• दत्स्व: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (दाने) + त्वा (लोट् मध्यम-एकवचन परस्मैपद; वैदिक रूप)

• मरीचयः: rays (sunbeams)
• मरीचयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरीचि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: after; along
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• धावत: they run; they speed
• धावत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धाव् (गतिशुद्ध्योः)

• पत्सङ्गिनीः: foot-attending/foot-clinging (f.)
• पत्सङ्गिनीः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत्सङ्गिनी (प्रातिपदिक; पाद/पत् + सङ्गिनी)

• आ: towards; together
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• सजन्तु: let them attach/join
• सजन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सञ्ज् (सङ्गे/समवाये)

• विगते: when departed/removed
• विगते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विगत (वि + गम्; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• बाहुवीर्ये: in arm-strength; in the power of the arms
• बाहुवीर्ये: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहुवीर्य (प्रातिपदिक; बाहु + वीर्य)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Āditya (Sun); secondarily Marīcayaḥ (rays) as agents

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approximate; final pāda appears truncated in the provided text and may be defective/elliptical)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: vira