Atharva Veda 4.36.2 - Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 36, Mantra 2

Atharva Veda 4.36.2: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 36, Mantra 2

Sukta 36

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यो नो॒ दिप्स॒ददि॑प्सतो॒ दिप्स॑तो॒ यश्च॒ दिप्स॑ति । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रस्य॒ दंष्ट्र॑योर॒ग्नेरपि॑ दधामि॒ तम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 4.36.2

IAST Transliteration

yó no dípsad adípsato dípsato yáś ca dípsati | vaiśvānarásya dáṃṣṭrayor agnér ápi dadhāmi tám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoever would harm us—whether he harm not, or harm, and whoever harms—I set him within the fangs of Vaiśvānara Agni.

Translation

われらを害そうとする者――害さぬ者であれ、害する者であれ、また害する者は誰であれ――その者を、ヴァイシュヴァーナラ（Vaiśvānara）・アグニの牙のあいだに据え置く。

Word by Word

यःwho (he who)

नःof us / our

दिप्सत्desiring to harm / intending to injure

अदिप्सतःfrom one who does not wish to harm

दिप्सतःfrom one who wishes to harm

यःand who

चand

दिप्सति(he) seeks to harm / intends to injure

वैश्वानरस्यof Vaiśvānara

दंष्ट्रयोःin/at the two fangs (jaws)

अग्नेःof Agni

अपिalso; indeed; into

दधामिI place / I put

तम्him (that one)

Attribution

Rishi: To be verified from Anukramaṇī for AV 4.36.

Devata: Agni Vaiśvānara

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires scan).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira

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