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Atharva Veda 6.46.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 5, Sukta 46, Mantra 2

Sukta 46

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वि॒द्म ते॑ स्वप्न ज॒नित्रं॑ देवजामी॒नां पु॒त्रोऽसि य॒मस्य॒ कर॑णः । अन्त॑कोऽसि मृ॒त्युर॑सि। तं त्वा॑ स्वप्न॒ तथा॒ सं वि॑द्म॒ स नः॑ स्वप्न दु॒ष्वप्न्या॑त् पाहि

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 6.46.2
IAST Transliteration

vidmá té svápna janítraṃ devajā́mīnām putró ’si yamásya káraṇaḥ | ántako ’si mṛtyúr ási | táṃ tvā svápna táthā sáṃ vidmá sá no svápna duḥsvápnyā́t pāhi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

We know thy birth, O Dream: thou art the son of the divine kindred, the instrument of Yama. Thou art the Ender; thou art Death. Thus do we fully know thee, O Dream: do thou protect us from evil dreaming.

Translation

われらは汝の生まれを知る、夢よ。汝は神族の親類の子、ヤマ（Yama）の道具なり。汝は終わらせる者、汝は死なり。かくのごとく、われらは汝をことごとく知る、夢よ。汝よ、悪しき夢見よりわれらを守れ。

Word by Word
विद्मwe know
विद्म:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (विदँ) ‘जानने’
तेof you / to you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
स्वप्नO Sleep/Dream
स्वप्न:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootस्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक)
जनित्रम्origin, begetter
जनित्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजनित्र (प्रातिपदिक; √जन् ‘उत्पत्तौ’ से)
देवजामीनाम्of the देवजामी-s (divine kin/related ones)
देवजामीनाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवजामी (प्रातिपदिक; देव + जामी ‘सहोदर/सम्बन्धी’)
पुत्रःson
पुत्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
असिyou are
असि:
(Copula)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् ‘भुवि’
यमस्यof Yama
यमस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootयम (प्रातिपदिक)
करणःagent/doer, instrument (as a being)
करणः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootकरण (प्रातिपदिक; √कृ ‘करणे’ से)
अन्तकःEnder, destroyer
अन्तकः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
असिyou are
असि:
(Copula)
TypeVerb
Root√अस्
मृत्युःdeath
मृत्युः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
असिyou are
असि:
(Copula)
TypeVerb
Root√अस्
तम्that (one)/him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
स्वप्नO Sleep/Dream
स्वप्न:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootस्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक)
तथाthus, in that manner
तथा:
(Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
सम्together, completely
सम्:
(Preverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
विद्मwe know
विद्म:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√विद्
सःhe/that (one)
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us / of us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
स्वप्नO Sleep/Dream
स्वप्न:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootस्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक)
दुष्वप्न्यात्from evil dreaming / from bad dreams
दुष्वप्न्यात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootदुष्वप्न्य (प्रातिपदिक; दुḥ + स्वप्न्य ‘bad-dreaming/evil dream’)
पाहिprotect (us)
पाहि:
(Imperative; protector as Kartā)
TypeVerb
Root√पा ‘रक्षणे’
Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified in input)

Devata: Svapna (as death-linked agent); Yama as overlord in the background

Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh-like (requires metrical verification)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: bhayankara

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