Atharva Veda 7.64.2: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 7, Sukta 64, Mantra 2

Sukta 64

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इ॒दं यत् कृ॒ष्णः श॒कुनि॑र॒वामृ॑क्षन्निरृते ते॒ मुखे॑न । अ॒ग्निर्मा॒ तस्मा॒देन॑सो॒ गार्ह॑पत्यः॒ प्र मु॑ञ्चतु

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.64.2

IAST Transliteration

idáṃ yát kṛṣṇáḥ śakúnir avā́mṛkṣan nirṛ́te te múkhena | agnír mā́ tásmād énaso gā́rhapatyaḥ prá muñcatu ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This—when the black bird of omen hath rubbed (defiled) with its mouth, as of Nirṛti—may Agni, the Household Fire, from that guilt set me wholly free.

Translation

هذا—الذي لوَّثه الطائرُ الأسودُ صاحبُ الفألِ بمِنقاره، كأنه فمُ نِرْرِتي—فليُطلِقْني أَغْنِي، نارُ البيت (غارهَپَتْيَه)، إطلاقًا تامًّا من ذلك الإثم.

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Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (उद्दिष्ट-वस्तु)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• कृष्णः: the black (one)
• कृष्णः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• शकुनिः: bird/omen-bird
• शकुनिः: Kartā (कृष्णः शकुनिः = कर्तृसमासार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुनि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अव: down/away (as a preverb)
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: अव (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अमृक्षत्: rubbed/smeared
• अमृक्षत्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृक्ष् (धातु) + अव-

• निरृते: to Nirṛti (goddess of destruction/misfortune)
• निरृते: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (deity/abstraction)
• Root: निरृति (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मुखेन: with (his/its) mouth
• मुखेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निः: Agni (fire)
• अग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: not; may (it) not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय-निषेध)

• तस्मात्: from that
• तस्मात्: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एनसः: from sin/evil
• एनसः: Apādāna (तस्मात् एनसः = ‘from that sin/evil’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• गार्हपत्यः: the Gārhapatya (household) fire
• गार्हपत्यः: Kartā (अग्निः … गार्हपत्यः)
• Type: Adjective (epithet of Agni)
• Root: गार्हपत्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth; away (intensively)
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• मुञ्चतु: let (him) release/free
• मुञ्चतु: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) + प्र-

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in supplied excerpt)

Devata: Agni Gārhapatya (domestic fire) and implicitly Nirṛti as the evil to be repelled

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta