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Atharva Veda 4.40.5: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 40, Mantra 5

Sukta 40

ये॒३धस्ता॒ज्जुह्व॑ति जातवेदो ध्रु॒वाया॑ दि॒शोऽभिदास॑न्त्य॒स्मान्। भूमि॑मृ॒त्वा ते परा॑ञ्चो व्यथन्तां प्र॒त्यगे॑नान् प्रतिस॒रेण॑ हन्मि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 4.40.5

yé adhástāj juhváti jātávedo dhrúvāyā diśó ’bhidā́santy asmā́n | bhū́mim ṛtvā́ té parā́ñco vyathantāṃ pratyagé́nān pratisaréṇa hanmi

Whoso from beneath maketh offering, O Jātavedas,—the steadfast regions assail us: taking Earth for the effective stay, let them, turned away, be shaken; with the returning counter-force, with the Pratisara, I smite them down.

अगर कोई नीचे से हवन करे, जातवेद, तो स्थिर दिशा वाले हम पर अटैक करते हैं। मैं धरती का सहारा लेकर उन्हे पीछे भगा देता हूँ। वापस वाली ताकत से, प्रतिसर मंत्र से, मैं उन्हे मार देता हूँ।

येwho (those who)
ये:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
धस्तात्from below
धस्तात्:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootधस्तात् (अव्यय; ‘below, from below’)
जुह्वतिthey offer (pour as oblation)
जुह्वति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootहु (जुहोति)
जातवेदःO Jātavedas (Agni)
जातवेदः:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootजातवेदस् (अग्नि-नाम; प्रातिपदिक)
ध्रुवायाःof the fixed/steadfast
ध्रुवायाः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootध्रुवा (प्रातिपदिक)
दिशःof the direction/quarter
दिशः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootदिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिदासन्तिthey assail, attack
अभिदासन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-दस् (दसति ‘to harm/assail’)
अस्मान्us
अस्मान्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
भूमिम्the earth/ground
भूमिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋत्वाhaving gone/approached
ऋत्वा:
पूर्वकाल-क्रिया
TypeVerbal indeclinable (absolutive)
Rootऋ (ऋणोति/ऋच्छति—here as absolutive ‘having gone/approached’)
तेthey (those)
ते:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पराञ्चःturned away, facing off
पराञ्चः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootपराञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक)
व्यथन्ताम्let them be shaken/afflicted
व्यथन्ताम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootव्यथ् (व्यथते ‘to tremble/be distressed’)
प्रत्यगेनान्with counter-spells
प्रत्यगेनान्:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootप्रत्यगेन (प्रातिपदिक; ‘counter-charm/returning spell’)
प्रतिसरेणwith an amulet/protective charm
प्रतिसरेण:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootप्रतिसर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘amulet, protective band/charm’)
हन्मिI strike down, I slay
हन्मि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (हन्ति)

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasic milieu (traditional attribution uncertain)

Devata: Agni Jātavedas; Earth as invoked support; directions as operative field

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (anuṣṭubh-like)

Primary: vira

Secondary: bhayankara

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