Atharva Veda 6.113.3: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 12, Sukta 113, Mantra 3

Sukta 113

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

द्वा॒द॒श॒धा निहि॑तं त्रि॒तस्याप॑मृष्टं मनुष्यैन॒सानि॑ । ततो॒ यदि॑ त्वा॒ ग्राहि॑रान॒शे तां ते॑ दे॒वा ब्रह्म॑णा नाशयन्तु

IAST Transliteration

dvā́daśadhā nihítaṃ tritásyā́pamṛṣṭaṃ manuṣyàināsā́ni | tató yádi tvā grā́hir anaśé tā́ṃ te devā́ bráhmaṇā nāśayantu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Twelvefold is it laid away—Trita’s—brushed off from the sins of men. Thereafter, if the Seizer should lay hold on thee, that let the Gods, by holy spell, destroy for thee.

Translation

Zwölffach ist es niedergelegt — Tṛtas —, abgewischt von den Sünden der Menschen. Und wenn danach der Greifer dich ergreifen sollte, das mögen dir die Götter durch Brahman (heiligen Spruch) vernichten.

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Word by Word

• द्वादशधा: in twelve ways / twelvefold
• द्वादशधा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्वादश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + धा (अव्यय-प्रत्ययः ‘प्रकारे’)

• निहितम्: placed, deposited
• निहितम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (धातु) → नि-√धा; क्त (निहित)

• त्रितस्य: of Trita
• त्रितस्य: Sambandha (Genitive) / Adhikaraṇa (संबन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रित (प्रातिपदिक; देव/ऋषि-नाम)

• अपमृष्टम्: touched/handled, wiped over
• अपमृष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मृश् (स्पर्शे) → अप-√मृश्; क्त (अपमृष्ट)

• मनुष्यैः: by humans
• मनुष्यैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• एनसानि: sins, offenses
• एनसानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: एनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ततः: from there; thereafter
• ततः: Apādāna
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)

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

• त्वा: you (acc.)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ग्राहिः: the Grahi (seizing affliction/demon)
• ग्राहिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राहि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘seizer’, demon/affliction-name)

• अनशे: attains, reaches, seizes
• अनशे: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अश् (व्याप्तौ/प्रापणे; ‘to reach, obtain’) → अनु-√अश्

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

• ते: for you; to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मणा: by (sacred) prayer / by brahman-power
• ब्रह्मणा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नाशयन्तु: may they destroy
• नाशयन्तु: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नश् (नाशे) → caus. नाशयति

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution not supplied in input; commonly treated as Atharvan/Angirasic healing corpus)

Devata: Viśve Devāḥ (with Trita as mythic purifier; grahi as adversary)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; not metrically verified here)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: bhayankara