Mantra 8

Sukta 31

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यां ते कृत्यां कूपेऽवदधुः श्मशाने वा निचख्नुः । सद्मनि कृत्यां यां चक्रुः पुनः प्रति हरामि ताम्

IAST Transliteration

yā́ṃ te kṛtyā́ṃ kū́pe ’vadadhúḥ śmaśāné vā nicakhnúḥ | sádmani kṛtyā́ṃ yā́ṃ cakrúḥ púnaḥ práti harāmi tā́m ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What witchcraft they have laid for thee in a well, or have buried in the cremation-ground; what witchcraft they have wrought within the dwelling—this do I take and bear back again in return.

Word by Word

• याम्: which (that)
• याम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → या-

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त्वद्/ते

• कृत्याम्: witchcraft; harmful charm
• कृत्याम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्या (प्रातिपदिक)

• कूपे: in a well
• कूपे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूप (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवदधुः: they placed down; they deposited
• अवदधुः: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) उपसर्ग: अव-

• श्मशाने: in a cremation-ground
• श्मशाने: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्मशान (प्रातिपदिक)

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• निचख्नुः: they dug in; they buried
• निचख्नुः: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: खन् (धातु) उपसर्ग: नि-

• सद्मनि: in a dwelling; in the house
• सद्मनि: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: सद्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृत्याम्: witchcraft; harmful charm
• कृत्याम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्या (प्रातिपदिक)

• याम्: which
• याम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → या-

• चक्रुः: they made; they performed
• चक्रुः: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

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

• प्रति: back toward; in return
• प्रति: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb) / postposition
• Root: प्रति

• हरामि: I carry; I take away
• हरामि: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु)

• ताम्: that (one), her/it
• ताम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → सा/ताम्

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasic attribution (varies by anukramaṇī for AV 5.31)

Devata: Kṛtyā (hostile) countered by Atharvanic prati-haraṇa

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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