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Atharva Veda 8.6.12: Kanda 8, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 12

Sukta 6

ये सूर्यं॒ न तिति॑क्षन्त आ॒तप॑न्तम॒मुं दि॒वः । अ॒राया॑न् बस्तवा॒सिनो॑ दु॒र्गन्धीं॒ल्लोहि॑तास्या॒न् मक॑कान् नाशयामसि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 8.6.12

yé sū́ryaṃ ná titíkṣanta ātápantam amúṃ diváḥ | arā́yān basta-vāsíno durgándhīṃl lohitā́syān makákān nāśayāmasi

Those who cannot endure the Sun, that scorching one of heaven—those hostile pen-dwellers, foul-smelling, red-mouthed makakas—these we cause to perish, we drive away.

यह लोग सूरज को नहीं सहन कर सकते जो आसमान में तपता है। यह दुश्मन लोग बंद घरों में रहते हैं, उनकी बदबू आती है और उनका मुँह लाल है। हम इन मकक नाम के लोगों को खत्म करते हैं और भगा देते हैं।

येwho (those who)
ये:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
सूर्यम्the sun
सूर्यम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (prātipadika)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (avyaya)
तितिक्षन्तेthey endure / can bear
तितिक्षन्ते:
—
TypeVerb
Root√तिज्/√तिक्ष् (तितिक्ष् ‘to endure, bear’)
आतपन्तम्scorching, burning (one)
आतपन्तम्:
कर्म (विशेषणम्) / कर्मविशेषण
TypeAdjective (participle used adjectivally)
Rootआतप (prātipadika) / √तप् (kṛdanta base)
अमुम्that (yonder)
अमुम्:
कर्म (सूर्यम्-सम्बद्धम्)
TypePronoun
Rootअदस् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
दिवःof heaven / of the sky
दिवः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव् (prātipadika)
अरायान्hostile ones, enemies
अरायान्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअराय (prātipadika)
बस्तवासिनःgoat-dwellers / those living among goats
बस्तवासिनः:
कर्तृ (अरायान्-विशेषण/सम्बोधन-सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun (agent/inhabitant)
Rootबस्त-वासिन् (prātipadika; ‘dwelling in/with goats’)
दुर्गन्धीन्foul-smelling
दुर्गन्धीन्:
कर्म (अरायान्-विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootदुर्गन्धि (prātipadika)
लोहितास्यान्red-faced / red-mouthed
लोहितास्यान्:
कर्म (अरायान्-विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootलोहित-आस्य (prātipadika; ‘red-faced/mouthed’)
मककान्gnats/flies (biting insects)
मककान्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootमकक (prātipadika)
नाशयामसिwe drive away / destroy
नाशयामसि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√नश् (caus. नाशयति ‘to destroy’)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Sūrya (as purifier) invoked indirectly; adversary: arāyas/makakas

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira

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