Atharva Veda 4.33.7: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 33, Mantra 7

Sukta 33

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

द्विषो॑ नो विश्वतोमु॒खाति॑ ना॒वेव॑ पारय । अप॑ नः॒ शोशु॑चद॒घम्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.33.7

IAST Transliteration

dvíṣo no viśvatomukhā́ti nā́veva pā́raya | ápa naḥ śóśucat aghám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From them that hate us, by the All-faced One, bear us across, as in a boat: scorch thou away from us the evil.

Translation

De los que nos odian, el de Rostro‑universal llévanos al otro lado, como en una barca. Abrasa, quema lejos de nosotros el mal.

Ask anything about this verse...Ask

Word by Word

• द्विषः: of the hater / of the enemy
• द्विषः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation to ‘मुखात्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विष् (धातु) → द्विष् (प्रातिपदिक ‘द्विष्/द्विष्-’ = शत्रु/द्वेष्टा)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: सम्प्रदान (beneficiary: ‘for us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वतः: from every side / on all sides
• विश्वतः: अधिकारण (adverbial: direction/extent)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (अव्ययीभाव/तसिल्)

• मुखात्: from the mouth / from the face
• मुखात्: अपादान (source: ‘from the mouth/face’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)

• इति: thus / so (as it were)
• इति: — (particle; marks reported/quoted sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (निपात)

• नौ: us two / we two
• नौ: कर्तृ (implicit subject with ‘पारय’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: नौ (प्रातिपदिक; dual of 1st person pronoun in Vedic usage)

• इव: like / as
• इव: — (simile marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (निपात)

• पारय: carry (us) across / bring (us) safely over
• पारय: क्रिया (main verb); कर्म implied ‘नः/नौ’ = us
• Type: Verb
• Root: पॄ/पार् (धातु; causative sense ‘to carry across’) → पारयति

• अप: away / off
• अप: — (preverb with implied action ‘remove away’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• नः: from us / for us
• नः: अपादान/सम्प्रदान (from us / for us, with ‘अप’ sense)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शोशुचत्: burn away / be driven off (as a torment)
• शोशुचत्: क्रिया (command: ‘let it burn away/torment no more’—used as expelling formula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच् (धातु ‘to burn, to hurt, to grieve’) → शुशोच/शोशुच् (intensive/iterative base)

• अघम्: evil / sin / harm
• अघम्: कर्म (object to be removed/expelled)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (protective/counter-hostility register)

Devata: Viśvatomukha as protective agency; functional devatā is ‘deliverance’ from dviṣ

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: bhayankara