Atharva Veda 6.129.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 129, Mantra 2

Sukta 129

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

येन॑ वृ॒क्षाँ अ॒भ्यभ॑वो॒ भगे॑न॒ वर्च॑सा स॒ह। तेन॑ मा भ॒गिनं॑ कृ॒ण्वप॑ द्रा॒न्त्वरा॑तयः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 6.129.2

IAST Transliteration

yéna vṛkṣā́n abhyábhavo bhágena várcasā sahá | téna mā bhagínaṃ kṛṇv ápa drā́ntu arā́tayaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

By that whereby thou didst prevail over the trees, by Bhaga together with splendor—by that make me fortunate: let the ill-wishers flee away.

Translation

Bằng điều mà Ngài đã thắng vượt các cây cối—nhờ Bhaga cùng với ánh uy quang (varcas)—bằng điều ấy xin làm cho ta thành người có phúc. Nguyện những kẻ ác tâm hãy chạy xa khỏi ta.

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Word by Word

• येन: by which (means)
• येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• वृक्षान्: trees
• वृक्षान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, over
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/preposition)
• Root: अभि

• अभवः: you became / you were
• अभवः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• भगेन: with fortune; with Bhaga (the deity of allotment)
• भगेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्चसा: with splendor, brilliance
• वर्चसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सह: together, along with
• सह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• तेन: by that (same means)
• तेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त-

• मा: me
• मा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम) → म-

• भगिनम्: fortunate; endowed with good fortune
• भगिनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: भगिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘fortunate/possessing bhaga’)

• कृणु: make (you)!
• कृणु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• अप: away
• अप: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: अप

• द्रान्तु: let (them) run away / flee
• द्रान्तु: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रा/द्रु (धातु; ‘to run, flee’—वैदिक प्रयोग)

• अरातयः: enemies, hostile beings
• अरातयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अराति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘enemy, hostile one’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not determinable from excerpt alone)

Devata: Bhaga (with vārchas as invoked potency)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: vira