Atharva Veda 8.4.10: Kanda 8, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 10

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यो नो॒ रसं॒ दिप्स॑ति पि॒त्वो अ॑ग्ने॒ अश्वा॑नां॒ गवां॒ यस्त॒नूना॑म्। रि॒पु स्ते॒न स्ते॑य॒कृद् द॒भ्रमे॑तु॒ नि ष ही॑यतां त॒न्वा॒३ तना॑ च

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 8.4.10

IAST Transliteration

yó no rásaṃ dípsati pitvó agne áśvānāṃ gávāṃ yás tanū́nām | ripú stenáḥ steyakṛ́d dábhram etu ní ṣá hīyatāṃ tanvā́ tanā́ ca ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso would seize our sap, our nourishment, O Agni—of horses, of kine, who of our very persons—enemy, thief, theft-doer—let him go to harm; let him be brought low and fail, in body and in offspring.

Translation

अग्नि, जो शख्स हमारी जान, हमारे खाने-पीने को लूटने की कोशिश करे, घोड़े हो गए, गाय हो या हमारी जान, वो दुश्मन, चोर, लूटेरा सब बरबाद हो जाए। उसका तन भी खराब हो और औलाद भी न हो।

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Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: of us / our
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रसम्: sap; essence; vital juice
• रसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिप्सति: desires to seize/steal; seeks to harm
• दिप्सति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दिप्स् (धातु; desiderative sense ‘to wish to harm/steal’)

• पित्वः: from (our) nourishment/food
• पित्वः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘food/drink, nourishment’)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: —
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्वानाम्: of horses
• अश्वानाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• गवाम्: of cows
• गवाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तनूनाम्: of bodies/persons
• तनूनाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• रिपुः: enemy
• रिपुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रिपु (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्तेनः: thief
• स्तेनः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तेन (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्तेयकृत्: one who commits theft
• स्तेयकृत्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: स्तेय-कृत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; कृत् = √कृ ‘to do’)

• दभ्रम्: a little; slightly
• दभ्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially)
• Root: दभ्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• एतु: let him go; may he depart
• एतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु; √इ ‘to go’)

• नि: down; away (prefixal)
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हीयताम्: let him be abandoned/left behind; let him fall away
• हीयताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा (धातु; √हा ‘to leave, abandon’)

• तन्वा: with (his) body
• तन्वा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• तना: with body (alt. Vedic form)
• तना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic instr. form)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī attribution varies)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (as transmitted)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra