Atharva Veda 4.17.3: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 17, Mantra 3

Sukta 17

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

या श॒शाप॒ शप॑नेन॒ याघं मूर॑माद॒धे। या रस॑स्य॒ हर॑णाय जा॒तमा॑रे॒भे तो॒कम॑त्तु॒ सा

IAST Transliteration

yā́ śaśā́pa śápanena yā́ghaṃ mū́ram ādadhe | yā́ rásasya hárāṇāya jātámārebhe tókám attú sā́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

She who hath cursed with cursing, who hath laid on evil and benumbing stupor; she who, to steal the vital sap, assaileth the child among the newly-born—let that woman be devoured (by her own bane).

Translation

যি নাৰী শাপৰ দ্বাৰা শাপ দিয়ে, যি অঘ (অমঙ্গল) আৰু মূঢ়তা-সদৃশ স্তম্ভন (মূৰ) আৰোপ কৰে; যি ৰস (প্ৰাণ-ৰস) হৰণ কৰিবলৈ নবজাতৰ মাজত শিশুক আক্ৰমণ কৰে—সেই নাৰী নিজৰেই বিষ-বিপাকে ভক্ষিত হওক।

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Word by Word

• या: she who
• या: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शशाप: cursed
• शशाप: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शप् (शपते/शप्)

• शपनेन: with a curse / by cursing
• शपनेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शपन (प्रातिपदिक; √शप्-न्युट्/करणार्थक)

• या: she who
• या: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अघम्: evil, sin, harm
• अघम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ (प्रातिपदिक)

• मूरम्: a harmful affliction/poisonous evil (mūra)
• मूरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर (प्रातिपदिक; AV-विशेषः—हानिकारक/दोष-रूपः)

• आदधे: placed on, imposed
• आदधे: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (आ-√धा)

• या: she who
• या: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रसस्य: of sap/essence
• रसस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक)

• हरणाय: for taking away, for stealing
• हरणाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरण (प्रातिपदिक; √हृ-ल्युट्)

• जातम्: born, produced
• जातम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: जात (कृदन्त; √जन्-क्त)

• आरेभे: undertook, set about
• आरेभे: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रभ् (आ-√रभ्) / √रभ् (आरेभे)

• तोकम्: offspring, child
• तोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• अत्तु: let (it/her) eat/devour
• अत्तु: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अद् (अत्ति)

• सा: she (that one)
• सा: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer(s) of protective/counter-sorcery hymns

Devata: Counter-sorcery force (often framed as Oṣadhi-power acting against the curser); implicitly the protective oṣadhis

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: bhayankara