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Atharva Veda 2.20.5: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 20, Mantra 5

Sukta 20

वायो॒ यत् ते॒ तेज॒स्तेन॒ तम॑ते॒जसं॑ कृणु॒ यो॒३स्मान् द्वेष्टि॒ यं व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.20.5

vā́yo yát te téjas ténā tám atéjasaṃ kṛṇu yó ’smā́n dvéṣṭi yáṃ vayáṃ dvíṣmaḥ

O Vāyu, with that splendour which is thine, thereby make him splendourless—who hateth us, whom we do hate.

Wahai Vāyu, dengan kemilau (tejas) milikmu itu—jadikanlah dia tanpa kemilau; dia yang membenci kami, yang kami pun membencinya.

वायोO Vāyu (Wind-god)
वायो:
सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
TypeNoun
Rootवायु (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्whatever/that which
यत्:
कर्म (कृणु इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you/your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेजःsplendour, brilliance, power
तेजः:
कर्म (तेन इत्यनेन सह—‘तेजसा’ इत्यर्थे)
TypeNoun
Rootतेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
तेनwith that (by it)
तेन:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तम्him
तम्:
कर्म (कृणु इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अतेजसम्without splendour, powerless
अतेजसम्:
कर्म-विशेषण (तम् इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-समास)
कृणुmake!
कृणु:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (द्वेष्टि इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मान्us
अस्मान्:
कर्म (द्वेष्टि इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
द्वेष्टिhates
द्वेष्टि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootद्विष् (धातु)
यम्whom
यम्:
कर्म (द्विष्मः इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ (द्विष्मः इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
द्विष्मःhate
द्विष्मः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootद्विष् (धातु)

Rishi: Anukramaṇī attribution not supplied in the prompt; commonly to be verified from the AVŚ Śaunaka anukramaṇī for 2.20.

Devata: Vāyu (as bearer of tejas and agent of deprivation of hostile power)

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (to be confirmed by metrical count; the syntax and cadence are consistent with common AV anuṣṭubh enemy-spells).

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra

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