Atharva Veda 7.59.1: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 6, Sukta 59, Mantra 1

Sukta 59

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शाप-मोचनम्। यो नः॒ शपा॒दश॑पतः॒ शप॑तो॒ यश्च॑ नः॒ शपा॑त्। वृ॒क्ष इ॑व वि॒द्युता॑ ह॒त आ मूला॒दनु॑ शुष्यतु

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 7.59.1

IAST Transliteration

śāpa-mocánam | yó naḥ śápād áśapataḥ śápato yáś ca naḥ śápāt | vṛ́kṣa iva vidyútā hatá ā mū́lād ánu śuṣyatu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Release from curse. Whoso, by cursing, hath cursed us—curser, or he who would undo the curse—whosoever by curse (hath touched) us: like a tree smitten by lightning, let him wither, down from the root, utterly away.

Translation

Lösung vom Fluch. Wer uns verflucht hat – der Fluchende, oder der, der den Fluch lösen will –, wer immer uns durch einen Fluch berührt hat: wie ein Baum, vom Blitz getroffen, soll er verdorren, von der Wurzel an, gänzlich.

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Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य

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

• शपात्: from the curse
• शपात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: शप् (प्रातिपदिक: शप्/शपः ‘curse’)

• अशपतः: from one who does not curse / from the non-curser
• अशपतः: अपादान
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: अ-शप् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; शप् + शतृ, नञ्-पूर्वक)

• शपतः: from one who curses
• शपतः: अपादान
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: शप् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; शप् + शतृ)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

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

• शपात्: from the curse
• शपात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: शप् (प्रातिपदिक: शप्/शपः ‘curse’)

• वृक्षः: a tree
• वृक्षः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• विद्युता: by lightning
• विद्युता: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्युत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• हतः: struck / slain
• हतः: कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: हन् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; हन् + क्त)

• आ: (towards; intensifier with verb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: आ

• मूलात्: from the root
• मूलात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: along; following; down (with verb)
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: अनु

• शुष्यतु: let it dry up / wither
• शुष्यतु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुष् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Unspecified here (to be resolved via Anukramaṇī for AVŚ 7.59).

Devata: Śāpa (curse) as adversarial force; implicit divine sanction via ‘vidyut’ imagery.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (to be verified).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira