Atharva Veda 7.77.1: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 8, Sukta 77, Mantra 1

Sukta 77

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शत्रुनाशनम्। सांत॑पना इ॒दं ह॒विर्मरु॑त॒स्तज्जु॑जुष्टन । अ॒स्माको॒ती रि॑शादसः

IAST Transliteration

śatrunā́śanam | sā́ntapanā idáṃ havír marútas tád juṣṭana | asmā́kōtī́ riśā́dasaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Enemy-destroying. This scorching oblation—O Maruts, accept ye that: ye who are our succour, devourers of harm.

Translation

Feindvernichtend. Diese sengende Opfergabe (havis)—o Maruts, nehmt sie an; ihr seid unsere Stütze, ihr Verzehrer des Unheils.

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Word by Word

• शत्रुनाशनम्: enemy-destruction; a destroyer of enemies
• शत्रुनाशनम्: Karma (as an appositive/object ‘(this) enemy-destruction (charm/oblation)’)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: शत्रु- (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन- (कृदन्त; √नश् ‘नाशे’ + ल्युट्)

• सांतपना: tormenting/afflicting (ones)
• सांतपना: Kartā (vocative-like address to Maruts/forces as ‘tormenting ones’)
• Type: Adjective/Noun (epithet)
• Root: संतापन- (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √तप् ‘संतापे/तपः’ + णिच्? + ल्युट्/अन)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (object of ‘accept/enjoy’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)

• हविः: oblation; offering
• हविः: Karma (oblation offered/accepted)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• मरुतः: the Maruts (storm-gods)
• मरुतः: Kartā (agents addressed/implored)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (object of ‘enjoy/accept’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• जुष्टन: enjoy/accept (you all)!
• जुष्टन: (Verb) — action requested of Maruts
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जुष् (सेवने/प्रीतौ) ; लोट्, परस्मैपद

• अस्माकः: of us; our
• अस्माकः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• ऊती: help; protection
• ऊती: Kartā/Adhikaraṇa (as ‘help/protection’ invoked as present/operative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति- (प्रातिपदिक)

• रिशादसः: harm-destroyers; devourers of injury
• रिशादसः: Kartā (addressed beings, appositive to मरुतः)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: रिशादस्- (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय: ‘harm-eater/one who consumes injury’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic compiler-tradition; Marut-invocation type

Devata: Maruts

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh/short mixed (rubric + verse; metrical audit needed)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira