Atharva Veda 5.14.7: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 14, Mantra 7

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदि॒ वासि॑ दे॒वकृ॑ता॒ यदि॑ वा॒ पुरु॑षैः कृ॒ता। तां त्वा॒ पुन॑र्णयाम॒सीन्द्रे॑ण स॒युजा॑ व॒यम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 5.14.7

IAST Transliteration

yádi vā́si devákṛtā yádi vā́ púruṣaiḥ kṛtā | tā́m tvā́ púnar nayāmasī́ndreṇa sayújā vayám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

If thou be wrought by Gods, or if by men thou hast been wrought, thee—this same spell—we lead we back again, we in joint yoke with Indra.

Translation

Ob du von Göttern gewirkt bist, oder ob du von Menschen gewirkt bist—dich, diesen selben Zauber, führen wir wieder zurück, wir im gemeinsamen Joch mit Indra.

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Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• असि: (you) are / you exist
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (अस्ति) धातु

• देवकृता: made by the gods
• देवकृता: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव + कृ (कृञ्) धातु

• यदि: if
• यदि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• पुरुषैः: by men / by humans
• पुरुषैः: Kartā (कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः: ‘by men’) / Karaṇa (agent-instrumental usage)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृता: made
• कृता: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (कृञ्) धातु

• ताम्: that (her/it)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma (द्वितीय कर्म; ‘you’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पुनः: again, back
• पुनः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• नयामसि: we lead/bring
• नयामसि: — (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (नयति) धातु

• इन्द्रेण: with/through Indra
• इन्द्रेण: Karaṇa (means/agency)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सयुजा: in companionship/yoked together (with him)
• सयुजा: Karaṇa / सहार्थ-विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-युज् (युज् ‘to yoke/join’) → ‘सयुज्’ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī attribution uncertain in this prompt)

Devata: Indra (as helper) and Kṛtyā (as addressed hostile entity)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra