Mantra 5

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अमीषां चित्तानि प्रतिमोहयन्ती गृहाणाङ्गान्यप्वे परेहि । अभि प्रेहि निर्दह हृत्सु शोकैर्ग्राह्यामित्रांस्तमसा विध्य शत्रून्

IAST Transliteration

amī́ṣāṃ cittā́ni pratimoháyantī gṛhāṇā́ṅgāny apvé páréhi | abhí préhi nírdaha hṛtsú śokáiḥ grāhy àmítrāṃs támasā vidhya śátrūn

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Bewildering the minds of yonder men, O Apvā, go forth away; the members of the households—(assail them). Advance against them; burn them out: with griefs within their hearts seize thou the unfriendly; with darkness pierce the foes.

Word by Word

• अमीषाम्: of those
• अमीषाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अमु-

• चित्तानि: minds, thoughts
• चित्तानि: कर्म (of ‘प्रतिमोहयन्ती’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रतिमोहयन्ती: deluding, bewildering
• प्रतिमोहयन्ती: कर्तृ (of the action of deluding)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुह् (धातु) + प्रति-

• गृहाणाम्: of the houses
• गृहाणाम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)

• अङ्गानि: limbs/parts
• अङ्गानि: कर्म (with implied ‘गृहाणाम्’ = ‘parts of the houses’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• अप्वे: away, off
• अप्वे: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप (अव्यय/उपसर्गीय-निपात; Vedic particle)

• परेहि: go away, depart
• परेहि: क्रिया (imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु) + परा-

• अभि: towards, against
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग)

• प्रेहि: go forth, advance
• प्रेहि: क्रिया (imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु) + प्र-

• निर्दह: burn out, scorch
• निर्दह: क्रिया (imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (धातु) + निर्-

• हृत्सु: in the hearts
• हृत्सु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृत्/हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शोकैः: with sorrows, with griefs
• शोकैः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• ग्राह्या: to be seized/caught
• ग्राह्या: कर्म-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) → ग्राह्य (कृदन्त; यत्)

• अमित्रान्: enemies
• अमित्रान्: कर्म (of ‘विध्य’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• तमसा: with darkness
• तमसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• विध्य: pierce, strike
• विध्य: क्रिया (imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्/विध् (धातु) + वि-

• शत्रून्: foes, adversaries
• शत्रून्: कर्म (co-ordinate with ‘अमित्रान्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type attribution (household sorcery corpus; specific r̥ṣi varies by anukramaṇī tradition)

Devata: Apvā (personified demonic/witch-force) as addressed agent; secondarily the spell’s own abhicaric power against amitra/śatru

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; the verse is in the common Atharvanic anuṣṭubh cadence though pāda division is somewhat compressed in Saṃhitā transmission)

Mantra Rasa

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