Atharva Veda 4.19.7: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 19, Mantra 7

Sukta 19

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्र॒त्यङ् हि सं॑ब॒भूवि॑थ प्रती॒चीन॑फल॒स्त्वम्। सर्वा॒न् मच्छ॒पथाँ॒ अधि॒ वरी॑यो यावया व॒धम्

IAST Transliteration

pratyáṅ hí sáṁ babhūvitha pratīcī́na-phalás tvám | sárvān mat-śapáthān ádhi várīyo yāvaya vadhám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

For thou hast become turned back, with backward-bearing fruit. Over all the curses aimed at me be thou the stronger; drive thou away the deadly harm.

Translation

Pues te has vuelto hacia atrás, con fruto que lleva hacia atrás. Sobre todas las maldiciones dirigidas contra mí, sé tú el más fuerte; ahuyenta el daño mortal.

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Word by Word

• प्रत्यङ्: turned back/away; facing backward
• प्रत्यङ्: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण ‘त्वम्’ इत्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक) < प्रति + अञ्च्

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• सं: together; completely (prefix)
• सं: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग)

• बभूविथ: you have become / you became
• बभूविथ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• प्रतीचीन: turned back; facing toward (us)/backward-facing
• प्रतीचीन: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण ‘त्वम्’ इत्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतीचीन (प्रातिपदिक) < प्रति + अञ्च् (कृदन्त/विशेषण-निर्माण)

• अफलः: fruitless; without effect
• अफलः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण ‘त्वम्’ इत्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अफल (प्रातिपदिक) < अ- + फल

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• मत्: my; from me
• मत्: —
• Type: Pronoun (possessive base)
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शपथान्: curses/oaths (imprecations)
• शपथान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शपथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधि: upon/over; concerning
• अधि: Adhikaraṇa (संबन्ध/अधिष्ठान-भाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• वरीयः: better; more effectively; more strongly
• वरीयः: Karaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण-भावेन साधन/प्रकार)
• Type: Adjective (comparative)
• Root: वरीयस् (प्रातिपदिक; तुलनात्मक-विशेषण) < उरु/वर (वृद्धि-तुलना)

• यावय: ward off! drive away!
• यावय: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: यावय् (धातु; causative of √यु/√या ‘to ward off/keep away’)

• वधम्: slaying; harm; deadly blow
• वधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Apāmārga (recoil/returning-fruit power)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira