Atharva Veda 4.17.4 — Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 17, Mantra 4

Sukta 17

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यां ते॑ च॒क्रुरा॒मे पात्रे॒ यां च॒क्रुर्नी॑ललोहि॒ते। आ॒मे मां॒से कृ॒त्यां यां च॒क्रुस्तया॑ कृत्या॒कृतो॑ जहि

IAST Transliteration

yā́m te cakrúr āmé pā́tre yā́m ca cakrúr nī́lalohité | āmé mā́ṁse kṛtyā́m yā́m ca cakrús táyā kṛtyā́kṛto jahí ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The witchcraft which they have wrought against thee in a raw vessel, which they have wrought in the blue-and-red; the witchcraft which they have wrought in raw flesh—therewith smite thou the witchcraft-workers.

Translation

La hechicería que han hecho contra ti en un recipiente crudo, la que han hecho en lo azul-y-rojo; la hechicería que han hecho en carne cruda—con ella hiere a los obradores de hechicería.

Word by Word

• याम्: which (female; that)
• याम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: your / of you
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्रुः: they have done / made
• चक्रुः: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• आमे: in raw (state)
• आमे: अधिकरण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आम (प्रातिपदिक; ‘raw/uncooked’)

• पात्रे: in a vessel
• पात्रे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• याम्: which (female; that)
• याम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्रुः: they have done / made
• चक्रुः: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• नील-लोहिते: in the blue-and-red (thing)
• नील-लोहिते: अधिकरण
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: नील (प्रातिपदिक) + लोहित (प्रातिपदिक)

• आमे: in raw (state)
• आमे: अधिकरण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आम (प्रातिपदिक)

• मांसे: in flesh / meat
• मांसे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृत्याम्: witchcraft; harmful rite
• कृत्याम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्या (प्रातिपदिक)

• याम्: which (female; that)
• याम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्रुः: they have done / made
• चक्रुः: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• तया: with that / by that
• तया: करण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कृत्या-कृतः: the witchcraft-doer
• कृत्या-कृतः: कर्तृ (of implied action ‘has done’) / संबोधन-सम्बन्ध (as target)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (compound)
• Root: कृत्या (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (कृ-धातु से क्त-प्रत्यय; PPP)

• जहि: strike down; slay
• जहि: क्रिया (imperative); कर्म = ‘कृत्या-कृतः’
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Āṅgiras lineages for kṛtyā-hymns; specific r̥ṣi not stated in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Apāmārga / Kṛtyā-nāśana (functional deity: the expelling power; also the mantra’s own brahman-force)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; standard for many AV apotropaic verses)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: bhayankara