Atharva Veda 2.7.2: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 2

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यश्च॑ साप॒त्नः श॒पथो॑ जा॒म्याः श॒पथ॑श्च॒ यः । ब्र॒ह्मा यन्म॑न्यु॒तः शपा॒त् सर्वं॒ तन्नो॑ अधस्प॒दम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.7.2

IAST Transliteration

yáś ca sapátnáḥ śapáthó jāmyā́ḥ śapátháś ca yáḥ | bráhmā yán manyutáḥ śapā́t sárvaṃ tán no adhás-padam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso is rival, and the curse—yea, the kinsman’s curse—and whatsoever curse there be; whatever Brahman-power, from wrath, from cursing, hath arisen: all that, for us, be set beneath our feet.

Translation

ಯಾರು ಸಾಪತ್ನ (ಪ್ರತಿಸ್ಪರ್ಧಿ) ಆಗಿರಲಿ, ಮತ್ತು ಶಪಥ/ಶಾಪ—ಹೌದು, ಬಂಧುವಿನ ಶಾಪವೂ—ಮತ್ತು ಯಾವ ಶಾಪವಿದ್ದರೂ; ಕ್ರೋಧದಿಂದ, ಶಾಪದಿಂದ ಉದ್ಭವಿಸಿದ ಯಾವ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ-ಶಕ್ತಿಯಿದ್ದರೂ—ಅದೆಲ್ಲವೂ ನಮ್ಮ ಪಾಲಿಗೆ ಪಾದಗಳ ಕೆಳಗೆ ಬೀಳಲಿ.

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Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सापत्नः: rival (co-wife’s rival), enemy
• सापत्नः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सापत्न (प्रातिपदिक; स- + आपत्न/सपत्न-सम्बन्ध)

• शपथः: oath, curse (imprecation)
• शपथः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: शपथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• जाम्याः: of a kinswoman/relative (of one’s own family)
• जाम्याः: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: जामि (प्रातिपदिक)

• शपथः: oath, curse
• शपथः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: शपथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यः: who (which)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मा: the Brahman-priest; sacred power (Brahman)
• ब्रह्मा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मन्युतः: from wrath/anger
• मन्युतः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun (ablatival)
• Root: मन्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

• शपात्: from a curse
• शपात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun (ablatival)
• Root: शप (प्रातिपदिक; ‘curse’)

• सर्वम्: all (of it), everything
• सर्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: of us, our
• नः: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अधःपदम्: the lower place/footing; underfoot
• अधःपदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधःपद (प्रातिपदिक; अधः + पद)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (attribution varies by anukramaṇī for this cluster; commonly treated as Atharvanic protective speech).

Devata: Śapatha/Śāpa-nivṛtti (the neutralization of curse); implicitly Brahman (sacred speech) as the operative power.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of 8 syllables; with Atharvanic flexibility)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra