Atharva Veda 20.21.6: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 21, Mantra 6

Sukta 21

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ते त्वा॒ मदा॑ अमद॒न् तानि॒ वृष्ण्या॒ ते सोमा॑सो वृत्र॒हत्ये॑षु सत्पते । यत् का॒रवे॒ दश॑ वृ॒त्राण्य॑प्र॒ति ब॒र्हिष्म॑ते॒ नि स॒हस्रा॑णि ब॒र्हयः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.21.6

IAST Transliteration

té tvā mádā amadan tā́ni vṛ́ṣṇyā té sómāso vṛtra-hátyeṣu satpate | yát kāráve dáśa vṛtrā́ṇy apráti bárhiṣmate ní sahásrāṇi bárhayaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Those raptures have exhilarated thee—those virile (powers), those Soma-pressings—in the slayings of Vṛtra, O lord of the true. When, for the singer, thou didst (overthrow) ten Vṛtras, irresistible; (when) for him of the sacred grass, thousands of barhis-stalks (were laid down).

Translation

那些狂喜使你振奋——那些雄健之力，那些苏摩（Soma）榨取——在诛灭弗栗陀罗（Vṛtra）之战中，真实之主啊。那时，为了歌者，你倾覆十个弗栗陀罗，不可抗拒；那时，为了铺设圣草者，成千的巴尔希（barhis）草茎被铺陈。

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Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मदाः: intoxicating draughts / exhilarations
• मदाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमदन्: intoxicated / exhilarated
• अमदन्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मद् (धातु)

• तानि: those (things)
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वृष्ण्याः: bull-like, mighty
• वृष्ण्याः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृष्ण्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वृष्णि-सम्बन्धिन्/वीर्यवत्’)

• ते: they
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सोमासः: Soma-juices
• सोमासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृत्रहत्येषु: in the Vṛtra-slayings (battles)
• वृत्रहत्येषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्रहत्य (प्रातिपदिक; वृत्र-हत्य ‘slaying of Vṛtra’)

• सत्पते: O true lord / good master
• सत्पते: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: सत्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: when / since / that
• यत्: (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कारवे: to the singer/poet
• कारवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारु (प्रातिपदिक)

• दश: ten
• दश: (विशेषण)
• Type: Numeral
• Root: दशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• वृत्राणि: Vṛtras / obstructers
• वृत्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अप्रति: irresistibly / without opposition
• अप्रति: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ-प्रति (उपसर्ग/निपात; ‘without resistance’)

• बर्हिष्मते: to the one possessing sacred grass / to the altar-possessor
• बर्हिष्मते: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: बर्हिष्मत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नि: down, forth (as preverb)
• नि: (क्रियायोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• बर्हयः: sacrificial grasses / strewn grasses
• बर्हयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हि/बर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sacred grass, litter’)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived Indra cycle seer (AV 20 anthology).

Devata: Indra (Soma as enabling power).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta