Atharva Veda 4.36.7: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 36, Mantra 7

Sukta 36

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

न पि॑शा॒चैः सं श॑क्नोमि॒ न स्ते॒नैर्न व॑न॒र्गुभिः॑ । पि॒शा॒चास्तस्मा॑न्नश्यन्ति॒ यम॒हं ग्राम॑मावि॒शे

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.36.7

IAST Transliteration

ná piśācáiḥ sáṁ śaknomi ná stenáir ná vanargúbhiḥ | piśācā́s tásmān naśyanti yám aháṁ grā́mam āviśé ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

I hold no fellowship with Piśācas, nor with thieves, nor with forest-robbers. Therefore the Piśācas vanish away from that village which I enter.

Translation

我はピシャーチャ（Piśāca）とも、盗人とも、森の略奪者とも交わらない。ゆえに、我が入るその村から、ピシャーチャは消え失せる。

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Word by Word

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• पिशाचैः: with/against the piśācas (ghouls)
• पिशाचैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिशाच

• सम्: together; completely (preverb)
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: सम्

• शक्नोमि: I am able
• शक्नोमि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शक् (शक्नोति)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• स्तेनैः: with/against thieves
• स्तेनैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तेन

• न: nor
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• वनर्गुभिः: with/against forest-robbers/outlaws
• वनर्गुभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनर्गु

• पिशाचाः: the piśācas
• पिशाचाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिशाच

• तस्मात्: from that (place/person)
• तस्मात्: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्

• नश्यन्ति: they perish/vanish
• नश्यन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नश् (नश्यति)

• यम्: whom/which
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्

• ग्रामम्: village
• ग्रामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम

• आविशे: I enter
• आविशे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √विश् (विशति)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Protective brahman (sacral speech) embodied by the entering priest; adversaries are Piśācas and human criminals

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira