Atharva Veda 6.97.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 10, Sukta 97, Mantra 2

Sukta 97

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स्व॒धास्तु॑ मित्रावरुणा विपश्चिता प्र॒जाव॑त् क्ष॒त्रं मधु॑ने॒ह पि॑न्वतम्। बाधे॑थां दू॒रं निरृ॑तिं परा॒चैः कृ॒तं चि॒देनः॒ प्र मु॑मुक्तम॒स्मत्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 6.97.2

IAST Transliteration

svadhā́stu mitrā́varuṇā vipaścitā prajā́vat kṣatráṃ mádhunéhá pinvatam | bā́dhethāṃ dūráṃ nírṛtiṃ parā́caiḥ kṛtáṃ cid énaḥ prá mumuktam asmát ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let svadhā be (with you), O Mitra and Varuṇa, ye wise: with sweetness here make the royal power thrive, rich in offspring. Drive far away Nirṛti, backward to the distance; even committed sin do ye release from us.

Translation

Svadhā sei mit euch, o Mitra und Varuṇa, ihr Einsichtigen; mit Süße lasst hier die königliche Macht gedeihen, reich an Nachkommenschaft. Treibt Nirṛti weit fort, rückwärts in die Ferne; selbst begangene Schuld löst von uns.

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Word by Word

• स्वधाः: (may there be) offerings/oblation-power (svadhā)
• स्वधाः: Kartā (आशीर्वचन-कर्तृभावः) / विधेय-प्रयोगे कर्तृस्थानी
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधा (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा स्वधा-शब्दः

• तु: indeed, and
• तु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (निपात)

• मित्रावरुणा: Mitra and Varuṇa
• मित्रावरुणा: Kartā (आशीर्वचनस्य संबोध्य/कर्तृस्थानी)
• Type: Noun (dual deity-name)
• Root: मित्र + वरुण (प्रातिपदिक; द्वन्द्व-समास)

• विपश्चिता: wise, discerning
• विपश्चिता: Kartā-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + पश्य (धातु) → विपश्चित् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रजावत्: endowed with offspring/progeny
• प्रजावत्: Karma-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रजा + वत् (तद्धित/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षत्रम्: sovereign power, dominion
• क्षत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• मधुना: with sweetness / with honey
• मधुना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa (देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• पिन्वतम्: (you two) invigorate, strengthen
• पिन्वतम्: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पि√न्व् (पिन्वति ‘to make swell/strengthen, invigorate’)

• बाधेथाम्: (you two) repel, drive away
• बाधेथाम्: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: बाध् (to drive away, repel)

• दूरम्: far away
• दूरम्: Adhikaraṇa (देश/परिमाण-निर्देशः)
• Type: Indeclinable (adverbial accusative)
• Root: दूर (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग) अथवा अव्ययवत्

• निरृतिम्: Nirṛti (goddess of destruction/misfortune), calamity
• निरृतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरृति (प्रातिपदिक)

• पराचैः: awaywardly/away, in a turning-away manner
• पराचैः: Karaṇa (उपाय/रीति)
• Type: Indeclinable (instrumental used adverbially)
• Root: पराच् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘turned away, away’)

• कृतम्: done, committed
• कृतम्: Karma-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त; भूतकृत)

• चित्: even
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (निपात)

• एनः: sin, offense, guilt
• एनः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: एनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth, away
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• मुमुक्तम्: (you two) release, set free
• मुमुक्तम्: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb (imperatival perfect/irregular Vedic injunctive-like form)
• Root: मुच् (to release) → मुमुक्त (कृदन्त; भूतकृत/कृतप्रत्ययान्त) अथवा लोट्-आज्ञार्थे ‘मुञ्चतम्’ इत्यर्थे वैदिक-रूपम्

• अस्मत्: from us
• अस्मत्: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa (with Nirṛti as the expelled counter-power)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (probable, given length and cadence)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira