Atharva Veda 12.2.36: Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 36

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यत् कृ॒षते॒ यद् व॑नु॒ते यच्च॑ व॒स्नेन॑ वि॒न्दते॑ । सर्वं॒ मर्त्य॑स्य॒ तन्नास्ति॑ क्र॒व्याच्चेदनि॑राहितः

IAST Transliteration

yát kṛṣáte yád vanuté yác ca vásnena vindáte | sárvaṃ mártyasya tán nā́sti kravyā́c céd anirāhitaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What he gaineth by tillage, what he winneth, and what he findeth by purchase,—all that of a mortal is not (secure), if the flesh-devourer be not duly established.

Translation

Was er durch Ackerbau gewinnt, was er erringt, und was er durch Kauf erwirbt — all das ist beim Sterblichen nicht (gesichert), wenn der Kravyād nicht ordnungsgemäß errichtet ist.

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Word by Word

• यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यद्-शब्द

• कृषते: (he) ploughs/cultivates
• कृषते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृष् (कृष्—कर्षणे/कर्षणे, ‘to plough, cultivate’)

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वनुते: (he) wins/obtains
• वनुते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वन् (वन्—सम्भजने/प्राप्तौ, ‘to win, obtain’)

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• वस्नेन: by/with a price (by purchase)
• वस्नेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्न (प्रातिपदिक; ‘price, purchase-money, value’)

• विन्दते: (he) finds/obtains
• विन्दते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (विद्—लाभे, ‘to find, obtain’)

• सर्वम्: all (of that)
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सर्व (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)

• मर्त्यस्य: of the mortal
• मर्त्यस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘mortal man’)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (अस्—भुवि/सत्तायाम्, ‘to be’)

• क्रव्याच्: the flesh-eater (demon)
• क्रव्याच्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रव्याच् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘flesh-eater’, esp. a demon/ghoul) [= क्रवि + आच्]

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत् (निपात; conditional particle)

• अनिराहितः: (he) being without the established sacred fire / not having installed the fire
• अनिराहितः: Kartā (of implied ‘he is’ in the conditional clause)
• Type: Adjective (used predicatively)
• Root: अनिराहित (कृदन्त/विशेषण; a- + निर्-आ-धा/हि?; ‘not set up/without the (sacred) fire being established’; used of one who has not installed/maintained the ritual fire)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Agni/anti-kravyād

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: bhayankara