Atharva Veda 6.12.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 2

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यद् ब्र॒ह्मभि॒र्यदृषि॑भि॒र्यद् दे॒वैर्वि॑दि॒तं पु॒रा। यद् भू॒तं भव्य॑मास॒न्वत् तेना॑ ते वारये वि॒षम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 6.12.2

IAST Transliteration

yád brahmábhīr yád ṛ́ṣibhīr yád deváiḥ viditáṁ purā́ | yád bhūtáṁ bhávyam āsán-vat ténā te vārayé víṣam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What by the Brahmans, what by the Seers, what by the Gods was known of old; what is, what shall be, as a thing established—by that I ward from thee the poison.

Translation

ما عُرِفَ قديماً لدى البراهمة، ولدى الرِّشي (Ṛṣi)، ولدى الآلهة؛ وما هو كائنٌ وما سيكون، كأمرٍ مُثبَتٍ قائم—بهذا أدرأُ عنك السُّمَّ.

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Word by Word

• यत्: which/that (what)
• यत्: Karma (यद्…विदितम् इति—‘that which is known’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मभिः: by the sacred formulas/priests (brahmans)
• ब्रह्मभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: which/that
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋषिभिः: by the seers
• ऋषिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: which/that
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवैः: by the gods
• देवैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• विदितम्: known, ascertained
• विदितम्: (Predicate to यत्) — ‘known’ qualifying ‘that’
• Type: Participle (past passive) / Adjective
• Root: √विद् (विद्—‘to know’) + क्त (क्त-प्रत्यय) → विदित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरा: formerly, of old
• पुरा: Adhikaraṇa (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)

• यत्: which/that
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• भूतम्: the past; what has been
• भूतम्: (Apposition to यत्) — ‘what has been’
• Type: Participle (past) / Noun-like adjective
• Root: √भू (भू—‘to be’) + क्त → भूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• भव्यम्: the future; what is to be
• भव्यम्: (Apposition to यत्) — ‘what will be’
• Type: Adjective / Futural noun-like
• Root: √भू (भू—‘to be’) + यत् (भव्य) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• आसत्: was
• आसत्: (Copula) — links ‘that’ with ‘was/is’ sense
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (अस्—‘to be’)

• वत्: like, as
• वत्: (Qualifier) — ‘as/like’ (forming ‘as being/so as’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वत् (अव्यय/निपात; तुलनार्थक)

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

• ते: to/for you
• ते: Sampradāna (beneficiary/for you)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वारये: I ward off, I keep away
• वारये: Kartā (implicit ‘I’) with कर्म ‘विषम्’
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (वृ—‘to ward off/keep away’; causative वारयति)

• विषम्: poison, venom
• विषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic healer tradition (not explicit here).

Devata: Brahman/Ṛṣi/Deva authority as operative power; poison as adversary.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical confirmation).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira