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Atharva Veda 4.17.5 — Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 17, Mantra 5

Sukta 17

दौष्व॑प्न्यं॒ दौर्जी॑वित्यं॒ रक्षो॑ अ॒भ्वऽमरा॒य्यः । दु॒र्णाम्नीः॒ सर्वा॑ दु॒र्वाच॒स्ता अ॒स्मन्ना॑शयामसि

daúṣvapnyaṁ daúrjīvit́yaṁ rákṣo abhvá amārā́yyaḥ | durnā́mnīḥ sárvā durvā́cas tā́ asmán nāśayāmasi ||

Evil dreaming and evil living, the demon, the monstrous, the death-dealing; all ill-named powers, all evil speeches—these from us we cause to perish.

سوءُ الحُلم وسوءُ المعيشة، والرَّكْشَس (rakṣas) الشيطانيّ، الهائلُ القاتل؛ وكلُّ القوى سيّئةِ الاسم، وكلُّ الأقوالِ الخبيثة—هذه كلَّها نُهلكها عنّا.

दौष्वप्न्यम्evil dream(-effect)
दौष्वप्न्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदुष्वप्न्य (प्रातिपदिक; दुष्-स्वप्न ‘bad dream’ से) अथवा दुष्+स्वप्न्य
दौर्जीवित्यम्ill-living, wretched life(-state)
दौर्जीवित्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदुर्जीवित्य (प्रातिपदिक; दुष्+जीवित ‘bad life/ill-living’)
रक्षःdemon, harmful spirit
रक्षः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अभ्वम्monstrous, dreadful
अभ्वम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअभ्व (प्रातिपदिक)
अमरा॒य्यःdeath-dealing / hostile (epithet of the demon)
अमरा॒य्यः:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअमराय्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अमर’/‘अमर्य’ से; वैदिक विशेषण)
दुर्णाम्नीःall ill-named (evil) [things/powers]
दुर्णाम्नीः:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदुर्नाम्नी (प्रातिपदिक; दुष्+नामन् ‘ill-named/evil-named’)
सर्वाःall
सर्वाः:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (सर्व- सर्वा- सर्वम्)
दुर्वाचःevil utterances, curses
दुर्वाचः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्वाच् (प्रातिपदिक; दुष्+वाच् ‘evil speech/curse’)
ताःthose (them)
ताः:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
अस्मत्from us
अस्मत्:
Apādāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
नाशयामसिwe cause to perish, we drive away
नाशयामसि:
Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनश् (धातु; नश् = नाशने) → caus. नाशय-

Rishi: Atharvanic/Āṅgiras transmission (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Rakṣoghna-brahman (the protective spell-force); implicitly apāmārga in the rite

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Primary: shanta

Secondary: bhayankara

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