Atharva Veda 2.22.2: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 22, Mantra 2

Sukta 22

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

चन्द्र॒ यत् ते॒ हर॒स्तेन॒ तं प्रति॑ हर॒ यो॒३स्मान् द्वेष्टि॒ यं व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.22.2

IAST Transliteration

cándra yát te háras téna táṃ práti hara yó ’smā́n dvéṣṭi yáṃ vayáṃ dvíṣmaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Moon, with that burning force of thine, bear him back in requital—him who hateth us, whom we ourselves do hate.

Translation

O Candra, mit jener brennenden Kraft, die dein ist — damit wehre zurück, zur Vergeltung, den, der uns hasst, den auch wir hassen.

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Word by Word

• चन्द्र: O Moon
• चन्द्र: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun (vocative address)
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: कर्म (of हर)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• हरः: the taking away; remover (haras)
• हरः: कर्तृ (of implied अस्ति / or apposition to यत्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)

• तेन: with that / by that
• तेन: करण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तम्: him/that (person)
• तम्: कर्म (of प्रति-हर)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रति: back/against, in return
• प्रति: (directional modifier of verb)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/adverb)
• Root: प्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• हर: take away! carry off!
• हर: क्रिया
• Type: Verb (imperative)
• Root: हृ (धातु)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ (of द्वेष्टि)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: कर्म (of द्वेष्टि)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• द्वेष्टि: hates
• द्वेष्टि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्विष् (धातु)

• यम्: whom
• यम्: कर्म (of द्विष्मः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: कर्तृ (of द्विष्मः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• द्विष्मः: hate
• द्विष्मः: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्विष् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic/Angirasa attribution for this counter-hatred material (to be confirmed against the AVŚ anukramaṇī for 2.22)

Devata: Candra (Moon), as wielder of haras (burning potency)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-type cadence (to be confirmed by full hymn metrical scan)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: bhayankara

Secondary: shanta