Mantra 2
Sukta 14
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अव जहि यातुधानानव कृत्याकृतं जहि । अथो योअस्मान् दिप्सति तमु त्वं जह्योषधे
IAST Transliteration
áva jahi yātudhā́nān áva kṛtyā́kṛtaṃ jahi | átho yó asmā́n dípsati tám u tváṃ jahi oṣadhe
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Smite down the Yātudhānas; smite down the maker of the Kṛtyā. And whoso seeketh to assail us—him verily do thou smite, O Herb.
Word by Word
अवdown; away; off (as a preverb/intensifier)
अव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअव (उपसर्ग/निपात)
जहिstrike; slay; drive away!
जहि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु)
यातुधानान्the sorcerers/demons (yātudhānas)
यातुधानान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयातुधान (प्रातिपदिक)
अवdown; away
अव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअव (उपसर्ग/निपात)
कृत्याम्witchcraft; harmful spell
कृत्याम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकृत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
कृतम्done; performed (i.e., ‘the performed spell’)
कृतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootकृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त, भूतकृत)
जहिstrike; destroy!
जहि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु)
अथोand also; moreover
अथो:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथो (अव्यय; अथ + उ)
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मान्us
अस्मान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दिप्सतिseeks to harm; intends to injure
दिप्सति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootदिप्स् (धातु; desiderative sense ‘to wish to harm/deceive’)
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उindeed; just
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
जहिstrike; slay; drive away!
जहि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु)
ओषधेO herb/plant (O medicinal herb!)
ओषधे:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic seer (per Anukramaṇī tradition for AV 5.14)
Devata: Oṣadhi; secondarily anti-demonic force against Yātudhānas
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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