Atharva Veda 8.3.7: Kanda 8, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 7

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उ॒तार॑ब्धान्त्स्पृनुहि जातवेद उ॒तारे॑भा॒णाँ ऋ॒ष्टिभि॑र्यातु॒धाना॑न्। अग्ने॒ पूर्वो॒ नि ज॑हि॒ शोशु॑चान आ॒मादः॒ क्ष्विङ्का॒स्तम॑द॒न्त्वेनीः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 8.3.7

IAST Transliteration

utā́rabdhā́n spṛṇuhi jātavedas utā́rebhāṇā́ṃ ṛṣṭíbhir yātudhānā́n | agné pū́rvo ní jahi śóśucāna āmā́daḥ kṣvíṅkās tám adantv énīḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

And those that have laid hold, O Jātavedas, tear thou away; and the Yātudhānas that are not yet upon us—smite them with thy spears. O Agni, foremost, blazing, slay them down: let the raw-eater, the yelping devourers, the swift ones, eat him up.

Translation

Und die, die (uns) gepackt haben, o Jātavedas, reiß ab und streife sie ab; und die Yātudhānas, die noch nicht über uns gekommen sind—triff und schlage sie mit deinen Speeren. O Agni, der Erste, der Glühende, strecke sie nieder und töte sie: der Rohesser, die kläffenden Verschlinger, die Schnellen—mögen ihn verzehren.

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Word by Word

• उत: and; also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• आरब्धान्: those who have begun/undertaken (attack)
• आरब्धान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: आ-रभ् (धातु) → आरब्ध (कृदन्त) अथवा प्रातिपदिक ‘आरब्ध’

• स्पृणुहि: strike/touch; smite
• स्पृणुहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृ (धातु) [वेदिक ‘स्पृणु’ = ‘स्पृश्/स्पृ’ स्पर्शने]

• जातवेदः: O Jātavedas (Agni), knower of births
• जातवेदः: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक) (जात- + वेदस्) विशेषण/नाम

• उत: and also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• आरेभाणान्: the assailants/attackers
• आरेभाणान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: आ-रभ् (धातु) → आरेभाण (कृदन्त/विशेषण) अथवा ‘आरेभाण’ प्रातिपदिक

• ऋष्टिभिः: with spears/lances
• ऋष्टिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)

• यातुधानान्: the sorcerers/demons (yātudhānas)
• यातुधानान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातुधान (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• पूर्वः: the foremost/first
• पूर्वः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• नि: down; away (intensifier with verb)
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: नि

• जहि: slay; strike down
• जहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)

• शोशुचान: blazing, fiercely shining
• शोशुचान: Kartā (Agni as ‘blazing one’)
• Type: Adjective (present participle)
• Root: शुच् (धातु) → शोशुच् (द्वित्व/अभ्यास) वर्तमान कृदन्त

• आमादः: the raw-eater; devourer (a demon/evil being)
• आमादः: Kartā (as subject of following verb) অথবা apposition
• Type: Noun
• Root: आमाद (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा ‘आम’ + ‘अद्’ (भक्षण) से व्युत्पन्न नाम

• क्ष्विङ्काः: the Kṣviṅkas (a class/name of hostile beings)
• क्ष्विङ्काः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्ष्विङ्क (प्रातिपदिक)

• तम्: him/that one
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• अदन्तु: let them eat/devour
• अदन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अद् (धातु)

• एनीः: the Enīs (female beings/spirits; a named group)
• एनीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: एनी (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras tradition (AV 8.3).

Devata: Agni (with devouring auxiliaries as subordinate agents)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (to be confirmed per edition)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: bhayankara