Atharva Veda 4.18.6: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 18, Mantra 6

Sukta 18

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यश्च॒कार॒ न श॒शाक॒ कर्तुं॑ श॒श्रे पाद॑म॒ङ्गुरि॑म्। च॒कार॑ भ॒द्रम॒स्मभ्य॑मा॒त्मने॒ तप॑नं॒ तु सः

IAST Transliteration

yáś cakā́ra ná śaśā́ka kártum śaśré pā́dam aṅgúrim | cakā́ra bhadrám asmábhyam ātmáne tápanaṃ tú sáḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He who hath wrought—whom none had power to counterwork—hath shattered foot and toe. He hath prepared for us a blessing; but for himself, indeed, a burning (for the foe).

Translation

その者は成し遂げた——誰もその業を打ち消す力はない——（敵の）足と趾を砕き、よろめかせた。われらのためには吉祥の恵みを整え、しかし彼自身には、まことに灼熱（敵への焼けつく報い）を。

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Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• चकार: did; made
• चकार: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (डुकृञ् करणे) धातु

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)

• शशाक: was able
• शशाक: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक् (शकॢँ शक्तौ) धातु

• कर्तुम्: to do; to make
• कर्तुम्: Karma (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण) / प्रयोजन
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (डुकृञ् करणे) धातु

• शश्रे: resorted to; took refuge in; approached
• शश्रे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रि (श्रिञ् सेवायाम्/आश्रये) धातु

• पादम्: foot
• पादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)

• अङ्गुरिम्: toe; finger (here: toe)
• अङ्गुरिम्: Karma (पादस्य विशेषण/सम्बन्धः) / उपपदकर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गुरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• चकार: did; made
• चकार: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (डुकृञ् करणे) धातु

• भद्रम्: good; welfare; auspicious benefit
• भद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मभ्यम्: for us
• अस्मभ्यम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आत्मने: for himself; for the self
• आत्मने: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तपनम्: heat; burning; torment
• तपनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपन (प्रातिपदिक; √तप् ‘to heat/burn’ से)

• तु: but; however
• तु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi not stated in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Apāmārga / the apotropaic power embodied in the plant and mantra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; hymn style and cadence consistent with AV anuṣṭubh)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira