Atharva Veda 2.4.6: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 6

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कृ॒त्या॒दूषि॑र॒यं म॒णिरथो॑ अराति॒दूषिः॑ । अथो॒ सह॑स्वान् जङ्गि॒डः प्र ण॒ आयुं॑षि तारिषत्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.4.6

IAST Transliteration

kṛtyā́dūṣir ayáṃ maṇír átho arātídūṣiḥ | átho sáhasvān jaṅgíḍaḥ prá ṇa āyū́ṃṣi tāriṣat ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This amulet is a spoiler of wrought witchcraft; moreover it is a spoiler of hostility. Moreover the mighty Jangida shall bear our life-spans safely forth (and over).

Translation

هذه التعويذة مُبْطِلَةٌ للسِّحْر المصنوع، وهي أيضًا مُبْطِلَةٌ للعداوة. ثم إن «جَنْغِدَا» القويّ سيُجِيزُ آجالَنا/أعمارَنا إلى برّ السلامة (متجاوزًا الأخطار).

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Word by Word

• कृत्यादूषिः: the ‘witchcraft-destroyer’ (amulet)
• कृत्यादूषिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्या-दूषि (प्रातिपदिक; दूषि < √दूष् ‘दूषयति’)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण) / Deictic
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मणिः: amulet, jewel
• मणिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अथो: and also / moreover
• अथो: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय; निपात)

• अरातिदूषिः: the ‘enemy/hostility-destroyer’
• अरातिदूषिः: Kartā (मणेर् विशेषणम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अराति-दूषि (प्रातिपदिक; दूषि < √दूष्)

• अथो: and also
• अथो: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय; निपात)

• सहस्वान्: mighty, powerful
• सहस्वान्: Kartā (जङ्गिडस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘बलवान्/सहसः युक्तः’)

• जङ्गिडः: the Jangida-amulet (a famed protective charm/plant)
• जङ्गिडः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जङ्गिड (प्रातिपदिक; मणि/औषधि-नाम)

• प्र: forth, forward; intensively
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: Sampradāna (हितार्थे) / Possessor
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आयूंषि: lifespans, vital lives
• आयूंषि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तारिषत्: may (he/it) carry across; may (it) save/prolong
• तारिषत्: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तॄ (तॄ/तारयति) ; लुङ्-आशीर्लिङ् (वेदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Āṅgirasa attribution for maṇi-hymns; specific r̥ṣi not stated in the provided excerpt).

Devata: Maṇi/Jaṅgiḍa as personified protective power (apotropaic agent); secondarily ‘Āyus’ (life) as the sought boon.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of ~8 syllables; Atharvanic anuṣṭubh with minor metrical flexibility).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta