Atharva Veda 9.2.14: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 14

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अस॑र्ववीरश्चरतु॒ प्रणु॑त्तो॒ द्वेष्यो॑ मि॒त्राणां॑ परिव॒र्ग्यः॑१ स्वाना॑म्। उ॒त पृ॑थि॒व्यामव॑ स्यन्ति वि॒द्युत॑ उ॒ग्रो वो॑ दे॒वः प्र मृ॑णत् स॒पत्ना॑न्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 9.2.14

IAST Transliteration

asárvavīraś caratu práṇuttaḥ dvéṣyo mitrā́ṇāṃ parivárgyaḥ svā́nām | utá pṛthivyā́m áva syanti vidyúta ugró vaḥ deváḥ prá mṛṇat sapátnān ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let him, expelled, go wandering, bereft of all his champions—hateful to friends, to be shunned of his own. And upon the earth the lightnings are hurled down: your fierce god smiteth the rivals utterly.

Translation

追い払われた彼は、すべての援護者を失い、さまよい歩め。友に憎まれ、身内にも避けられる者となれ。さらに大地には稲妻が投げ落とされる。汝らの猛き神は、敵対する者どもをことごとく打ち砕く。

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Word by Word

• असर्ववीरः: having no (good) heroes; bereft of warriors
• असर्ववीरः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-सर्व-वीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• चरतु: let (him) go about / roam
• चरतु: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)

• प्रणुत्तः: driven forth; impelled
• प्रणुत्तः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: नुद् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग) → प्र-नुद्

• द्वेष्यः: to be hated; hateful
• द्वेष्यः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विष् (धातु) → द्वेष्य (यत्-प्रत्ययान्त)

• मित्राणाम्: of friends
• मित्राणाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• परिवर्ग्यः: to be shunned/expelled; outcast-worthy
• परिवर्ग्यः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + वर्ग्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘fit to be excluded/banished’)

• स्वानाम्: of his own (people)
• स्वानाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun (Adjectival)
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उत: and also / moreover
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• पृथिव्याम्: on the earth
• पृथिव्याम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• अव: down; away
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: अव

• स्यन्ति: they flow / stream
• स्यन्ति: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्यन्द् (धातु)

• विद्युतः: lightnings
• विद्युतः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्युत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उग्रः: fierce
• उग्रः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: of you / your
• वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth; forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: प्र

• मृणत्: let (him) crush/destroy
• मृणत्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृण्/मृड् (धातु; ‘to crush, destroy’)

• सपत्नान्: rivals; enemies
• सपत्नान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सपत्न (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn-level attribution varies)

Devata: Ugra Deva / storm-power (often read in the Rudra-Indra-Parjanya semantic field)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: bhayankara