Atharva Veda 5.29.2: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 29, Mantra 2

Sukta 29

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तथा॒ तद॑ग्ने कृणु जातवेदो॒ विश्वे॑भिर्दे॒वैः स॒ह सं॑विदा॒नः । यो नो॑ दि॒देव॑ यत॒मो ज॒घास॒ यथा॒ सो अ॒स्य प॑रि॒धिष्पता॑ति

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 5.29.2

IAST Transliteration

táthā tád agne kṛṇu jātavédo víśvebhir deváiḥ sahá saṃvidānáḥ | yó no didéva yatamó jaghā́sa yáthā sá asyá paridhí-ṣpatāti ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

So do thou that, O Agni Jātavedas, in concord with all the Gods. Whoso hath wronged us, whoso hath devoured—so may he, at his boundary, fall away and come to ruin.

Translation

So tue dies, o Agni Jātavedas, im Einvernehmen mit allen Göttern. Wer uns geschädigt hat, wer (uns) verschlungen hat — möge er an seiner Grenze ermatten, abfallen und ins Verderben gehen.

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Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• तथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्: that (act/thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणु: do, make
• कृणु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• जातवेदः: O Jātavedas (knower of births/creatures)
• जातवेदः: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; अग्नेः विशेषण)

• विश्वेभिः: with all
• विश्वेभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवैः: with the gods
• देवैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• सह: together with
• सह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)

• संविदानः: being in accord/acting in concert
• संविदानः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: सम् + √विद् (विदँ ज्ञाने) → संविदान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: of us, our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दिदेव: has played/has acted wantonly (has been hostile/errant)
• दिदेव: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दिव् (दीव्यति/दीव् क्रीडायाम्/दीप्तौ) → दिदेव (तिङन्त)

• यतमः: most (in) restrained/most fitting (i.e., whichever is foremost)
• यतमः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यत (प्रातिपदिक; ‘यत’ = restrained/controlled) + तमप् (तम)

• जघास: has devoured, has eaten
• जघास: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √घस् (अदने) → जघास (तिङन्त)

• यथा: so that, as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्य: of this (one), his
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• परिधिः: enclosure, boundary; (ritual) enclosing-stick
• परिधिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिधि (प्रातिपदिक)

• पतति: falls, flies, rushes
• पतति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पत् (गतौ) → पतति (तिङन्त)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi not stated in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Agni Jātavedas with the Viśve Devāḥ

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (needs full metrical audit)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: shanta