Atharva Veda 2.12.2: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 2

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इ॒दं दे॑वाः शृणुत॒ ये य॒ज्ञिया॒ स्थ भ॒रद्वा॑जो॒ मह्य॑मु॒क्थानि॑ शंसति । पाशे॒ स ब॒द्धो दु॑रि॒ते नि यु॑ज्यतां॒ यो अ॒स्माकं॒ मन॑ इ॒दं हि॒नस्ति॑

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 2.12.2

IAST Transliteration

idáṃ devā́ḥ śṛṇuta yé yajñíyā́ stha bharádvājo máhy amúktʰā́ni śaṃsati | pāśé sá baddhó durité ní yujyatāṃ yó asmā́kaṃ mána idáṃ hinásti ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hear this, O Gods, ye who are meet for sacrifice: Bharadvāja for my behoof proclaimeth solemn praises. In the noose—bound—let him be fastened down in evil plight, whoso assaileth this our mind.

Translation

Dengarlah ini, wahai para Dewa, kalian yang layak bagi yajña (kurban suci): Bharadvāja demi kemaslahatanku melantunkan puji-pujian yang khidmat. Dalam jerat—terikat—biarlah ia dipasung dalam celaka dan keburukan, siapa pun yang menyerang batin (manas) kami ini.

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Word by Word

• इदम्: this (utterance/thing)
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• शृणुत: hear! / listen!
• शृणुत: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)

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

• यज्ञियाः: worthy of sacrifice / to be worshipped
• यज्ञियाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्थ: you are
• स्थ: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• भरद्वाजः: Bharadvāja
• भरद्वाजः: Kartā
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: भरद्वाज (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषिनाम)

• महि: greatly / aloud / mightily
• महि: (विशेषण/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: महि (अव्यय)

• अमुक्थानि: hymns/recitations (uktha-like utterances)
• अमुक्थानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमुक्थ (प्रातिपदिक; उक्थ-सम्बद्ध)

• शंसति: recites / proclaims
• शंसति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शंस् (धातु)

• पाशे: in/with the noose
• पाशे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• बद्धः: bound
• बद्धः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (PPP)
• Root: बन्ध् (धातु) → बद्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; भूतकृदन्त)

• दुरिते: in misfortune/evil
• दुरिते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरित (प्रातिपदिक)

• नि: down, into; (prefix)
• नि: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• युज्यताम्: let him be yoked/fastened; let him be put (to it)
• युज्यताम्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)

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

• अस्माकम्: of us / our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हि: indeed / for
• हि: (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)

• हिनस्ति: injures / harms
• हिनस्ति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हिंस् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Bharadvāja (as named within the mantra; traditional assignment aligns the utterance with Bharadvāja-line authority)

Devata: Viśve Devāḥ / yajñiyā devāḥ (the sacrificial gods as collective hearers and enforcers)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification against pada-count in a critical accent-text)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira