Atharva Veda 5.13.7: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 7

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आलि॑गी च॒ विलि॑गी च पि॒ता च॑ माता॒ च॑ । वि॒द्म वः॑ स॒र्वतो॒ ब॑न्ध्वर॑साः॒ किं क॑रिष्यथ

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 5.13.7

IAST Transliteration

ālígī ca vilígī ca pitā́ ca mātā́ ca | vidmá vaḥ sárvato bándhvarasāḥ kíṃ kariṣyatha

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Āligī and Viligī, and father and mother—of you we know on every side: ye sapless kinsmen, what will ye do?

Translation

アーリギーとヴィリギー、また父と母よ——われらは汝らを四方から知っている。汁気なき親族よ、汝らは何をなし得ようか。

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Word by Word

• आलिगी: the ‘Āligī’ (a named class/being; one who bears the ā-liga mark)
• आलिगी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आलिगिन् (प्रातिपदिक; √लिग्/लिङ्ग्-सम्बद्ध ‘लिङ्ग/चिह्न’ से व्युत्पन्न, ‘आ-’ उपसर्गयुक्त)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• विलिगी: the ‘Viligī’ (a named class/being; one with the vi-liga mark)
• विलिगी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलिगिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वि-’ उपसर्गयुक्त)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• पिता: father
• पिता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• माता: mother
• माता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• विद्म: we know
• विद्म: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (विद् ‘जानना’)

• वः: of you / your
• वः: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वतः: on all sides; from every direction
• सर्वतः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित-अव्यय)

• बन्ध्वरसाः: (you) having ‘kin-sap’/kindred essence; kinsmen-like (ones)
• बन्ध्वरसाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: बन्धु-रस (समास-प्रातिपदिक; बन्धु ‘kin’ + रस ‘sap/essence’)

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• करिष्यथ: will you do?
• करिष्यथ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (कर् ‘करना’) + इष्य (भविष्यत्-प्रत्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer-tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras rubric for poison-charms; specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on anukramaṇī tradition)

Devata: Viṣa (Poison) and its personified agents (Āligī, Viligī)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV healing charms; this verse is anuṣṭubh-like in cadence)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: bhayankara