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Atharva Veda 4.20.7 — Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 20, Mantra 7

Sukta 20

क॒श्यप॑स्य॒ चक्षु॑रसि शु॒न्याश्च॑ चतुर॒क्ष्याः । वी॒ध्रे सूर्य॑मिव॒ सर्प॑न्तं॒ मा पि॑शा॒चं ति॒र॒स्क॑रः

kaśyápasya cákṣur asi śunyā́ś ca caturakṣyā́ḥ | vī́dhre sū́ryam iva sárpantam mā́ piśācáṃ tiráskáraḥ ||

Thou art the eye of Kaśyapa, and of Śunī the four-eyed. O wise one, as the Sun [reveals], so do not thou hide from me the creeping Piśāca.

તું કશ્યપનું નેત્ર છે, અને શૂનીની ચતુરક્ષી (ચાર નેત્રવાળી)નું પણ. હે વિધ્રે (જ્ઞાની), સૂર્ય જેમ પ્રગટ કરે તેમ—સરપતો પિશાચ મને છુપાવશો નહીં.

कश्यपस्यof Kaśyapa
कश्यपस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun (Proper)
Rootकश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)
चक्षुःeye; sight
चक्षुः:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य (predicate-nominative)
TypeNoun
Rootचक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
असिyou are
असि:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
शुन्याःof the Śunyā (female being/tribe)
शुन्याः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun/Adjective (tribal/being-name used substantively)
Rootशुन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
and
:
समुच्चय (connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Root
चतुरक्ष्याःof the four-eyed (female being)
चतुरक्ष्याः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun/Adjective (used substantively)
Rootचतुरक्षी (प्रातिपदिक; चतुर्+अक्षि)
वीध्रेO Vīdhra (name/title addressed)
वीध्रे:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootवीध्र (प्रातिपदिक)
सूर्यम्the sun
सूर्यम्:
कर्म (object of comparison/seeing)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike; as
इव:
उपमान-सूचक
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
सर्पन्तम्creeping; crawling
सर्पन्तम्:
कर्म (object; ‘the one creeping’)
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Rootसृप् (धातु) → सर्पत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त/शतृ)
माdo not
मा:
निषेध
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा
पिशाचम्a Piśāca; demon
पिशाचम्:
कर्म (object)
TypeNoun
Rootपिशाच (प्रातिपदिक)
तिरस्करःone who drives away; one who puts aside
तिरस्करः:
कर्तृ (agent: ‘one who wards off/puts aside’)
TypeNoun (agent) / used as predicate or address
Rootतिरस् (अव्यय/उपसर्ग-भाव) + कृ (धातु) → तिरस्कर (प्रातिपदिक/कर्तृवाचक)

Rishi: Atharvanic (often linked to Kaśyapa traditions in ancillary lore; anukramaṇī varies)

Devata: Oṣadhi as ‘eye’; Sun as illuminating paradigm; target: piśāca

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: bhayankara

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