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Atharva Veda 3.2.3: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 3

Sukta 2

इन्द्र॑ चि॒त्तानि॑ मो॒हय॑न्न॒र्वाङाकू॑त्या चर । अ॒ग्नेर्वात॑स्य॒ ध्राज्या॒ तान् विषू॑चो॒ वि ना॑शय

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.2.3

índra cittā́ni moháyann arvā́ṅ-ākū́tyā cara | agnér vā́tasya dhrā́jyā tā́n viṣū́co ví nāśaya

O Indra, bewildering (their) minds, go forth with purpose turned hitherward; with the blazing radiance of Agni and of Wind, those crosswise-working foes—scatter them, destroy them utterly.

يا إندرا، أَضِلَّ عقولَهم وبلبلْ أفكارَهم؛ وامضِ قُدُماً بعزمٍ متوجّهٍ إلى هنا. وباللمعان المتّقد لأغني وبنَفَس فايو (الريح)، أولئك الأعداء العاملين على نحوٍ مُعانِدٍ متقاطع—بدّدهم وامحُهم محواً تامّاً.

इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
चित्तानिminds, thoughts
चित्तानि:
कर्म (मोहनस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootचित्त (प्रातिपदिक; √चित् ‘to perceive/think’ से)
मोहयन्bewildering, deluding
मोहयन्:
कर्तृ (चर-क्रियायाः सहवर्ती)
TypeVerb
Root√मुह् (मोहने) → मोहयति (णिच्)
अर्वाङ्towards here, downward
अर्वाङ्:
अधिकारण (गत्यर्थे दिशानिर्देशः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअर्वाङ् (अव्यय/दिशावाचक)
आकूत्याby intention/resolve
आकूत्या:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootआकूति (प्रातिपदिक)
चरmove, proceed
चर:
क्रिया (आज्ञा)
TypeVerb
Root√चर् (गत्यर्थे)
अग्नेःof Agni
अग्नेः:
सम्बन्ध (ध्राज्या-सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
वातस्यof Vāta (Wind)
वातस्य:
सम्बन्ध (ध्राज्या-सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun
Rootवात (प्रातिपदिक)
ध्राज्याwith the blazing force/fiery flash
ध्राज्या:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootध्राज्या (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ध्राज्/ध्राज्’ तेजो-दीप्ति-सम्बद्ध)
तान्those (ones)
तान्:
कर्म (नाशय-क्रियायाः)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
विषूचःcrooked/perverse (ones)
विषूचः:
कर्म-विशेषण
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootविषूच् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘विषूच्’ = ‘crooked/sideways-moving, perverse’)
विapart, asunder (intensifier)
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग)
नाशयdestroy, drive away
नाशय:
क्रिया (आज्ञा)
TypeVerb
Root√नश् (नाशे) → नाशयति (णिच्)

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type attribution typical for this protective cycle (exact r̥ṣi assignment depends on Anukramaṇī tradition for AVŚ 3.2).

Devata: Indra (primary); Agni and Vāta as auxiliary purificatory/dispersive powers.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (edition-dependent; to be confirmed against pada-count in the received text).

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra

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