Atharva Veda 4.37.2: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 37, Mantra 2

Sukta 37

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

त्वया॑ व॒यम॑प्स॒रसो॑ गन्ध॒र्वांस्चा॑तयामहे । अज॑शृ॒ङ्ग्यज॒ रक्षः॒ सर्वा॑न् ग॒न्धेन॑ नाशय

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.37.2

IAST Transliteration

tváyā́ vayám apsarásaḥ gandharvā́ṃś ca ātayāmahe | ajáśr̥ṅgy ája rákṣaḥ sárvān gandhéna nāśaya ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

By thee we drive away the Apsarases and the Gandharvas. O Ajāśṛṅgī, O goat-horned one, destroy thou all the Rākṣasas with thy fragrance.

Translation

তোমার দ্বারা আমরা অপ্সরাদের ও গন্ধর্বদের তাড়িয়ে দিই। হে অজাশৃঙ্গী, হে ছাগশৃঙ্গিণী, তোমার সুগন্ধে সকল রাক্ষসকে বিনাশ কর।

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Word by Word

• त्वया: by you / with you
• त्वया: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अप्सरसः: Apsarases (celestial nymphs)
• अप्सरसः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस् (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक)

• गन्धर्वान्: Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (पुं-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• आतयामहे: we repel / drive away
• आतयामहे: Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तन् (तनूँ/विस्तारे) with आ-; causative/iterative sense in Vedic: ‘to drive away, repel’ (आ-तन्/आतय-)

• अजशृङ्गी: O Ajāśṛṅgī (a medicinal plant)
• अजशृङ्गी: Sampradāna (आह्वान/सम्बोधन-प्रयुक्त)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज-शृङ्गिन्/अजशृङ्गी (वनस्पति-नाम; प्रातिपदिक)

• अज: O goat / O Ajā (as an epithet)
• अज: Sampradāna (आह्वान/सम्बोधन-प्रयुक्त)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज (पुं-प्रातिपदिक) / alternatively voc. of ‘अजा’ in some traditions; here used as संबोधन

• रक्षः: the demon / harmful spirit
• रक्षः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस् (नपुं-प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma (विशेष्य-सह)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• गन्धेन: by fragrance / by scent
• गन्धेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध (पुं-प्रातिपदिक)

• नाशय: destroy / drive to ruin
• नाशय: Kriyā (आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नश् (नाशे) → causative √नाशय (णिच्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic healing tradition (specific seer not stated in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Ajāśṛṅgī (oṣadhi) as the invoked agent; targets include Apsaras/Gandharva/Rākṣas

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra