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Atharva Veda 5.17.7: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 17, Mantra 7

Sukta 17

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये गर्भा॑ अव॒पद्य॑न्ते॒ जग॒द् यच्चा॑पलु॒प्यते॑ । वी॒रा ये तृ॒ह्यन्ते॑ मि॒थो ब्र॑ह्मजा॒या हि॑नस्ति॒ तान्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 5.17.7
IAST Transliteration

yé gárbhā́ avapádyante jágad yác cāpalupyáte | vīrā́ yé tŕ̥hyante mithó brahmajāyā́ hinasti tā́n

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What embryos fall away, what living order is marred, and what is lost and swept to ruin; what sons are crushed in mutual strife—those the Brahman’s wife smiteth.

Translation

Welche Embryonen abgehen, welche Weltordnung beschädigt wird und was verloren geht, hinweggerissen ins Verderben; welche Söhne in gegenseitigem Streit zermalmt werden — die trifft die Gattin des Brahmanen.

Word by Word
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
गर्भाःembryos, pregnancies
गर्भाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootगर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
अवपद्यन्तेfall down, miscarry
अवपद्यन्ते:
—
TypeVerb
Root√पद् (गत्यर्थः) + अव (उपसर्ग)
जगत्the world, living creation
जगत्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootजगत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘moving world’)
यत्which
यत्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अपलुप्यतेis destroyed, perishes
अपलुप्यते:
—
TypeVerb
Root√लुप् (नाशे/लोपे) + अप (उपसर्ग)
वीराःheroes, men
वीराः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवीर (प्रातिपदिक)
येwho
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तृह्यन्तेare struck/injured, are assailed
तृह्यन्ते:
—
TypeVerb
Root√तृह् (हिंसायाम्/आक्रोशे; ‘to strike, injure, assail’)
मिथःmutually, with each other
मिथः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमिथस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्मजायाthe Brahman’s wife (brahma-wife)
ब्रह्मजाया:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मजाया (समास-प्रातिपदिक: ब्रह्मन् + जाया)
हिनस्तिstrikes, harms
हिनस्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√हन् (हिंसायाम्)
तान्them
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (legal-apotropaic register).

Devata: Brahmajāyā as punitive agency.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (edition-dependent).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: bhayankara

Secondary: karuna

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