Atharva Veda 12.2.16: Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 16

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अन्ये॑भ्यस्त्वा॒ पुरु॑षेभ्यो॒ गोभ्यो॒ अश्वे॑भ्यस्त्वा । निः क्र॒व्यादं॑ नुदामसि॒ यो अ॒ग्निर्जी॑वित॒योप॑नः

IAST Transliteration

anyébhyaḥ tvā púruṣebhyo góbhyo áśvebhyas tvā | níḥ kravyā́daṃ nudāmasi yó agnír jīvitayópanāḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From other men, from cattle, from horses—from them we guard thee: the flesh-eater we drive forth, even Agni who draws near with life.

Translation

Vor anderen Menschen, vor Rindern, vor Pferden — vor ihnen schützen wir dich; den Fleischfresser treiben wir hinaus: Agni, der mit Leben herannaht.

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Word by Word

• अन्येभ्यः: from others
• अन्येभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Adjective (pronominal)
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you (object)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरुषेभ्यः: from men/persons
• पुरुषेभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• गोभ्यः: from cows/cattle
• गोभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्वेभ्यः: from horses
• अश्वेभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you (object)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• निः: out, away
• निः: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/adverb)
• Root: निः (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• क्रव्यादम्: the flesh-eater (demon/ghoul)
• क्रव्यादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: क्रव्याद (प्रातिपदिक; ‘कच्चा-मांस-भक्षी’)

• नुदामसि: we drive away
• नुदामसि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: नुद् (धातु; नुदँ—प्रेरणे/अपसारणे)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• जीवितयः: the living beings / lives
• जीवितयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवित (प्रातिपदिक; ‘life, living’)

• उपनः: near us / for us
• उपनः: Sampradāna
• Type: Indeclinable + Pronoun (enclitic)
• Root: उप + नः (अव्यय/सर्वनाम; नः = अस्मद् षष्ठी/चतुर्थी बहुवचन ‘our/to us’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Agni; adversary: Kravyā́d

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: bhayankara