Atharva Veda 2.14.6: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 14, Mantra 6

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

परि॒ धामा॑न्यासामा॒शुर्गाष्ठा॑मिवासरन्। अजै॑षं॒ सर्वा॑ना॒जीन्वो॒ नश्य॑ते॒तः स॒दान्वाः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.14.6

IAST Transliteration

pári dhā́māni āsām āśúr gā́ṣṭhām ivāsaran | ajáiṣaṁ sárvān ajī́n vo náśyatetaḥ sadánvāḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Round about the stations of these did the Swift One run, as to the winning-post. I have conquered all the rivals: vanish ye away, O ye that are ever on the move!

Translation

Rings um ihre Stätten lief der Schnelle (Śūr) dahin, wie zum Siegespfahl. Ich habe alle Nebenbuhler besiegt: Weichet hinweg, ihr, die ihr stets in Bewegung seid!

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Word by Word

• परि: around, all around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग) / परि (अव्यय)

• धामानि: abodes, stations, places
• धामानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आसाम: of these
• आसाम: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आशुः: the swift one
• आशुः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: आशु (प्रातिपदिक)

• गाष्ठाम्: a course/track (for running)
• गाष्ठाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘गाष्ठा/गाष्ठा’ = गाष्ठा ‘गति/दौड़’ अथवा ‘गाष्ठा’ ‘दौड़ने का मार्ग’—वैदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)

• आसरन्: they ran/flowed toward, they moved
• आसरन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सृ (सृ गतौ) + आ-

• अजैषम्: I conquered, I won
• अजैषम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जि (जि जय) + अ- (अग्मेण augment)

• सर्वान्: all (of them)
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• अजीन्वः: rivals/opponents
• अजीन्वः: Karma (apposition to सर्वान्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजीन्व (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक—‘अजीन्व’ = प्रतिद्वन्द्वी/शत्रु/प्रतियोगी; पाठभेद सम्भव)

• नश्यते: perishes, disappears
• नश्यते: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नश् (नश् अदर्शने/नाशे)

• ततः: from there/thereupon
• ततः: Apādāna (source/‘from that’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)

• सदान्वाः: constant followers/attendants
• सदान्वाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective (substantive)
• Root: सदान्व (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक—‘सदान्व’ = सदा-अन्व ‘सदैव साथ रहनेवाले/अनुचर’; पाठभेद सम्भव)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain/Anukramaṇī-dependent for AV 2.14; often attributed within Atharvanic families (needs edition-specific confirmation).

Devata: Indeterminate in the single verse; functionally the mantra’s ‘swift’ conquering power (āśu-) and the banishing force of √naś.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (requires metrical verification against pada counts in the received text)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta