Mantra 13

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अग्निरिवैतु प्रतिकूलमनुकूलमिवोदकम्। सुखो रथ इव वर्ततां कृत्या कृत्याकृतं पुनः

IAST Transliteration

agnírivaitu pratikū́lam anukū́lamivódakam | sukhó rátha iva vartatāṁ kṛtyā́ kṛtyā-kṛtáṁ púnaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let it go like Agni, even against the stream, as water yet runs with the stream; smoothly, like a chariot, let the Kṛtyā roll back again upon the doer of the Kṛtyā.

Word by Word

• अग्निः: Agni (fire)
• अग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• एतु: let (him/it) come/go
• एतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु) / ए (गति)

• प्रतिकूलम्: against, in an adverse way
• प्रतिकूलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially)
• Root: प्रतिकूल- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनुकूलम्: favorably, in a helpful way
• अनुकूलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially)
• Root: अनुकूल- (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• उदकम्: water
• उदकम्: Kartā (उपमान-कर्तृ) / Karma (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुखः: easy, comfortable
• सुखः: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुख- (प्रातिपदिक)

• रथः: chariot
• रथः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• वर्तताम्: let it proceed/turn out, let it go on
• वर्तताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु) / वर्त् (वृत्तौ)

• कृत्या: witchcraft, harmful spell
• कृत्या: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्या- (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृत्या: witchcraft (again; emphatic repetition)
• कृत्या: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्या- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अकृतम्: undone, unmade, rendered ineffective
• अकृतम्: Karma (फल/अवस्था)
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: अ-कृत (कृ-धातु-निष्पन्न; कृदन्त-विशेषण)

• पुनः: again, back
• पुनः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (per hymn tradition).

Devata: Kṛtyā (as operative force), with Agni as model/power of motion and purification.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable).

Mantra Rasa

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