Atharva Veda 2.15.5: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 15, Mantra 5

Sukta 15

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यथा॑ स॒त्यं चानृ॑तं च॒ न बि॑भी॒तो न रिष्य॑तः । ए॒वा मे॑ प्राण॒ मा बि॑भेः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.15.5

IAST Transliteration

yáthā satyáṃ cā́nṛtaṃ ca ná bibhītó ná riṣyátaḥ | evā́ me prā́ṇa mā́ bibheḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As Truth and Untruth fear not, nor suffer harm—so, O my Prāṇa, do thou not fear.

Translation

Wie Wahrheit und Unwahrheit sich nicht fürchten und keinen Schaden erleiden — so fürchte dich nicht, o mein Prāṇa.

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Word by Word

• यथा: just as / as
• यथा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• अनृतम्: untruth / falsehood
• अनृतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनृत (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

• बिभीतः: (he) fears / has feared
• बिभीतः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भी (धातु)

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

• रिष्यतः: of one who is harmed / perishing
• रिष्यतः: Apādāna
• Type: Verb
• Root: रिष् (धातु)

• एव: just so / indeed
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• मे: my / for me
• मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• प्राण: O prāṇa (life-breath)
• प्राण: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)

• बिभेः: fear (you)
• बिभेः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भी (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages; specific r̥ṣi attribution for this verse is edition-dependent).

Devata: Prāṇa (vital breath), with an implicit appeal to the stabilizing order of satya.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (8+8+8+8, with Atharvanic cadence)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta