Atharva Veda 5.14.3: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 14, Mantra 3

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

रिश्य॑स्येव परीशा॒सं प॑रि॒कृत्य॒ परि॑ त्व॒चः । कृ॒त्यां कृ॑त्या॒कृते॑ देवा नि॒ष्कमि॑व॒ प्रति॑ मुञ्चत

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 5.14.3

IAST Transliteration

riśyásyeva parīśā́sāṃ parikṛ́tya pári tvácaḥ | kṛtyā́ṃ kṛtyā́kṛte devā níṣkam iva práti muñcata

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As one would strip the antelope’s hide, so strip it off from the skin: the Kṛtyā—O Gods—release it back unto the Kṛtyā-maker, as one returns a niṣka-ornament.

Translation

Wie man die Haut der Antilope abstreift, so streife sie von der Haut ab: die Kṛtyā, o Götter, gebt zurück dem Kṛtyā-Macher, wie man ein niṣka-Schmuckstück zurückgibt.

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Word by Word

• ऋष्यस्य: of the antelope (ṛṣya)
• ऋष्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋष्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: उपमान (comparative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• परीशासम्: the sheath/skin-covering (outer hide)
• परीशासम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परीशास (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around
• परि: क्रियाविशेषण (direction: around)
• Type: Indeclinable (Preverb) / Adverb
• Root: परि

• कृत्वा: having made, having done
• कृत्वा: पूर्वकाल (prior action to main verb)
• Type: Verb (Absolutive)
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• परि: around
• परि: क्रियाविशेषण (around)
• Type: Indeclinable (Preverb) / Adverb
• Root: परि

• त्वचः: of the skin
• त्वचः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृत्याम्: the witchcraft/evil spell
• कृत्याम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्या (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृत्या: by (counter-)witchcraft; with witchcraft
• कृत्या: करण (instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्या (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृते: in/for the deed done (i.e., when the spell has been made)
• कृते: अधिकरण (locative: in the case/act)
• Type: Participle (PPP) used substantively
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त)

• देवाः: O gods / the gods
• देवाः: कर्तृ (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• निष्कम्: a neck-ornament/amulet (niṣka)
• निष्कम्: कर्म (object of comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्क (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like
• इव: उपमान (comparative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• प्रति: back, in return; towards
• प्रति: क्रियाविशेषण (towards/back)
• Type: Indeclinable (Preverb) / Adverb
• Root: प्रति

• मुञ्चत: release, loosen, set free
• मुञ्चत: क्रिया (injunction addressed to देवाः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer (per Anukramaṇī tradition for AV 5.14)

Devata: Devas collectively as enforcers; kṛtyā as the operative object

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira