Atharva Veda 2.7.5: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 5

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

श॒प्तार॑मेतु श॒पथो॒ यः सु॒हार्त् तेन॑ नः स॒ह। चक्षु॑र्मन्त्रस्य दु॒र्हार्दः॑ पृ॒ष्टीरपि॑ शृणीमसि

IAST Transliteration

śaptā́ram etu śapáthó yáḥ su-hā́rt téna naḥ sahá | cákṣur mantrásya dur-hā́rdaḥ pṛṣṭī́r ápi śṛṇīmasi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let the curse-oath go back unto the curser—whatsoever imprecation is well-aimed: with that, along with its train, be it away from us. With the mantra’s eye we shatter the ill-hearted one; yea, even his back-parts do we break in pieces.

Translation

لْتَرْجِعْ يمينُ اللعنةِ إلى اللاعِن—كلُّ تعويذةٍ مُصوَّبةٍ إصابةً حسنة؛ ومع كلِّ ما يتبعها فلتبتعدْ عنّا. وبعينِ المانترا نُحَطِّمُ سيِّءَ القلب؛ بل حتى مؤخرته نُفَتِّتُها تَفْتيتًا.

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Word by Word

• शप्तारम्: the curser / one who utters a curse
• शप्तारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शप्तार (प्रातिपदिक; √शप् ‘शापयति/शपति’ से निष्पन्न ‘शाप देने वाला’)

• एतु: let (him/it) go/come
• एतु: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (गत्यर्थ)

• शपथः: the oath / imprecation
• शपथः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: शपथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुहार्त्: kind-hearted / of good intent
• सुहार्त्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-हार्द (प्रातिपदिक; सु + हार्द ‘हृदय/मन से सम्बन्धित’)

• तेन: by that / with that
• तेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• सह: together (with)
• सह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)

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

• मन्त्रस्य: of the mantra
• मन्त्रस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुर्हार्दः: evil-hearted / ill-intentioned
• दुर्हार्दः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्-हार्द (प्रातिपदिक; दुर् + हार्द)

• पृष्टीः: backs; (fig.) attacks from behind / back-strokes
• पृष्टीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृष्ठि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)

• शृणीमसि: we attach/ward (them) off; we make (them) adhere (away)
• शृणीमसि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रि/श्रि (यहाँ वैदिक रूप ‘शृणि-’ = √श्रि/श्रय् ‘आश्रय/संश्रय/लगना’; पाठान्तरों में √श्रु ‘शृणुमः’ सम्भव)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (specific r̥ṣi attribution for AVŚ 2.7 varies by anukramaṇī; commonly treated as Atharvanic).

Devata: Śapatha (the curse-oath) as personified force; secondarily the Mantra itself as protective agency (‘mantrasya cakṣus’).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV curse-reversal stanzas; metrical exactness may vary with recension and sandhi).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira