Mantra 4

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अनुहवं परिहवं परिवादं परिक्षवम्। सर्वैर्मे रिक्तकुम्भान् परा तान् सवितः सुव

IAST Transliteration

anuhaváṃ parihaváṃ parivādáṃ parikṣavám | sárvair me riktakúmbhān parā́ tā́n savitaḥ suva

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The after-call, the roaming call, the circling slander, the recurrent sneeze—these all, and the empty pots besides—drive thou them far away from me, O Savitar; impel them hence.

Word by Word

• अनुहवम्: (one who) calls after / a follower-invoker (a kind of hostile caller)
• अनुहवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनु-हव (√ह्वे/√हू ‘आह्वाने’) → अनुहव- (प्रातिपदिक)

• परिहवम्: an encircling/harassing caller (a kind of hostile invoker)
• परिहवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परि-हव (√ह्वे/√हू ‘आह्वाने’) → परिहव- (प्रातिपदिक)

• परिवादम्: slander, reviling speech
• परिवादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परि-वाद (√वद् ‘वचने’) → परिवाद- (प्रातिपदिक)

• परिक्षवम्: spitting/sneezing around; a harmful spittle/contagion (as a charm-term)
• परिक्षवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परि-क्षव (√क्षु/√क्षव् ‘क्षवणे/छर्दने’ ‘to sneeze/spit’) → परिक्षव- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वैः: with all (of them)
• सर्वैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective (pronominal)
• Root: सर्व (सर्व- सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (अहम्-प्रातिपदिक)

• रिक्तकुम्भान्: empty pots (as a term for worthless/inauspicious persons or vessels)
• रिक्तकुम्भान्: Karma
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: रिक्त (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक) + कुम्भ (कुम्भ-प्रातिपदिक) → रिक्तकुम्भ- (समास)

• परा: away, forth
• परा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परा (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सवितः: O Savitṛ (impeller, Sun-god)
• सवितः: —
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: सवितृ (सवितृ-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुव: impel! drive (them) away!
• सुव: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सू (प्रसवे/प्रेरणे) ; वैदिक आज्ञार्थ/लोट् 2एकवचन ‘सुव’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (late Saunaka śānti corpus; r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Savitar (as expeller/impeller of disorder)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.; late Atharvanic śānti style)

Mantra Rasa

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