Atharva Veda 7.113.1: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 12, Sukta 113, Mantra 1

Sukta 113

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शत्रुनाशनम्। तृष्टि॑के॒ तृष्ट॑वन्दन॒ उद॒मूं छि॑न्धि तृष्टिके । यथा॑ कृ॒तद्वि॒ष्टासो॒ऽमुष्मै॑ शे॒प्याव॑ते

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.113.1

IAST Transliteration

tṛ́ṣṭike tṛ́ṣṭa-vandana úd amū́ṁ chindhi tṛ́ṣṭike | yáthā kṛtá-dviṣṭāso ’múṣmai śepyā́vate ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Tṛṣṭikā, praised for thy sharpness, cut forth and cut away that yonder foe, O Tṛṣṭikā; so that the made-haters may be for him—unto that man—an occasion of penal shame.

Translation

يا تُرِشْتِكَا (Tṛṣṭikā)، يا ممدوحةً لحدّتكِ، اقطعي واقطعي بعيدًا ذلك العدوَّ هناك، يا تُرِشْتِكَا؛ لكي يكون المبغضون المصنوعون له—لذلك الرجل—سببَ خزيٍ عقابيّ.

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Word by Word

• शत्रुनाशनम्: enemy-destruction (a charm/act that destroys enemies)
• शत्रुनाशनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु- + नाशन (नश्/नाश् धातु से कृत ‘नाशन’)

• तृष्टिके: O Tṛṣṭikā (name of the charm/affliction addressed)
• तृष्टिके: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृष्टिका (प्रातिपदिक) संभवतः ‘तृष्’ (पिपासा/तृष्णा) से व्युत्पन्न नाम

• तृष्टवन्दनः: the one who praises/propitiates Tṛṣṭa (or: the Tṛṣṭa-praiser)
• तृष्टवन्दनः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: तृष्ट- + वन्दन (वन्द् धातु) → समासिक प्रातिपदिक ‘तृष्टवन्दन’

• उद्: up, out (as a preverb)
• उद्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अमूम्: that (female/that one), her/it
• अमूम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• छिन्धि: cut (you)
• छिन्धि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद् (धातु)

• तृष्टिके: O Tṛṣṭikā
• तृष्टिके: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृष्टिका (प्रातिपदिक)

• यथा: as, so that
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• कृतद्विष्टासः: those who have made (him) hated / the contrived-haters
• कृतद्विष्टासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: कृत- + द्विष्ट (द्विष् धातु से क्त) → ‘कृतद्विष्ट’ (समास)

• अमुष्मै: to that (man), to him
• अमुष्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शेप्यावते: to the one possessing ‘śepya’ (i.e., having the penis/virility; or ‘liable to be bound/fastened’ per context)
• शेप्यावते: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: शेप्यावत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘शेप्य’ + वत्-प्रत्यय) अथवा ‘शेप्य’ (विशेषण) + ‘वत्’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution not supplied in input)

Devata: Tṛṣṭikā (personified destructive/cutting power)

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (needs metrical verification)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira