Atharva Veda 19.45.2: Kanda 19, Anuvaka 5, Sukta 45, Mantra 2

Sukta 45

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यद॒स्मासु॑ दु॒ष्वप्न्यं॒ यद् गोषु॒ यच्च॑ नो गृ॒हे। अना॑मग॒स्तं च॑ दु॒र्हार्दः॑ प्रि॒यः प्रति॑ मुञ्चताम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 19.45.2

IAST Transliteration

yád asmā́su duṣvápnyaṁ yád góṣu yác ca no gṛhé | anā́magas táṁ ca durhā́rdaḥ priyáḥ práti muñcatām ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What evil dreaming is among us, what (ill) is among the cattle, and what is in our house—let the disease-less, stout-hearted, gracious (Anjana) release that, and send it back again.

Translation

Was an bösem Traum unter uns ist, was bei den Rindern ist und was in unserem Haus ist: das löse die krankheitslose, starkherzige, gnädige (Anjana) und sende es wieder zurück.

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Word by Word

• यत्: whatever / that which
• यत्: Karma (यत्…तत्-सम्बन्धे ‘that which’)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यद्-शब्द

• अस्मासु: in us / among us
• अस्मासु: Adhikaraṇa (locus: ‘among/in us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दुष्वप्न्यम्: evil dream / nightmare (evil portent)
• दुष्वप्न्यम्: Karma (object: ‘evil-dream-thing/evil omen’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: दुष्वप्न्य (प्रातिपदिक; दुḥ + स्वप्न)

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

• गोषु: among the cows / in the cattle
• गोषु: Adhikaraṇa (locus: ‘among the cows/cattle’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

• नः: our
• नः: Sambandha (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गृहे: in the house
• गृहे: Adhikaraṇa (locus: ‘in the house’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनामगः: the nameless one (an unnamed evil/spirit)
• अनामगः: Kartā (agent; subject of मुञ्चताम्)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अनामग (प्रातिपदिक; अ- + नामग)

• तम्: him / that
• तम्: Karma (object: ‘him/that’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• दुर्हार्दः: the ill-hearted one / malevolent-hearted (evil being)
• दुर्हार्दः: Kartā (co-agent with अनामगः)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: दुर्हार्द (प्रातिपदिक; दुर् + हार्द)

• प्रियः: the dear one / beloved (name of a demon/affliction in some AV usage)
• प्रियः: Kartā (co-agent; or apposition ‘(though) dear’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रति: back / away / in return (towards)
• प्रति: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/adverb)
• Root: प्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• मुञ्चताम्: let them release / let them remove
• मुञ्चताम्: — (finite verb; governs the objects earlier: ‘let them release/remove…’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) — ‘to release, let go’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Āñjana (beneficent remedy); evils (duṣvapnya, roga) as targets

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira