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Atharva Veda 2.12.5: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 5

Sukta 12

द्यावा॑पृथिवी॒ अनु॒ मा दी॑धीथां॒ विश्वे॑ देवासो॒ अनु॒ मा र॑भध्वम्। अङ्गि॑रसः॒ पित॑रः॒ सोम्या॑सः पा॒पमार्छ॑त्वपका॒मस्य॑ क॒र्ता

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.12.5

dyā́vā-pṛthivī́ ánu mā dī́dhīthāṃ víśve devāso ánu mā rabhadhvam | áṅgirasaḥ pítaraḥ sómyāḥ pāpám archatu apakā́masya kartā́ ||

O Heaven and Earth, in due course shine ye upon me; all ye Gods, in due course lay hold on me. Ye Angirases, ye Fathers, Soma-linked: let the evil pass away—unto the maker of harm, the ill-wisher’s agent.

ಹೇ ದ್ಯಾವಾಪೃಥಿವೀ, ಕ್ರಮವಾಗಿ ನನ್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ಪ್ರಕಾಶಿಸಿರಿ; ಹೇ ವಿಶ್ವದೇವರೇ, ಕ್ರಮವಾಗಿ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿದು (ರಕ್ಷಿಸಿ) ನಿಲ್ಲಿರಿ. ಹೇ ಅಂಗಿರಸರು, ಹೇ ಪಿತೃಗಳು, ಸೋಮ್ಯಾಃ—ಅಪಕಾಮಿಯ ಕರ್ತನಾದ ಹಾನಿಕಾರಕ ಏಜೆಂಟ್ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಪಾಪವು ಸರಿದು ಹೋಗಲಿ.

द्यावापृथिवीO Heaven-and-Earth
द्यावापृथिवी:
सम्बोधन (आह्वान) / कर्तृ-सदृश (आशीर्वाद/निषेध-वाक्ये)
TypeNoun (dvandva) / Proper pair
Rootद्यौ- (प्रातिपदिक) + पृथिवी- (प्रातिपदिक)
अनुafter; in accordance with; following
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध-अव्यय)
दीधीथाम्(you two) injure/harm (me)
दीधीथाम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु) [दीधी- = धा-धातोः दीर्घ-आभ्यासयुक्तः (वेदिक-रूप)]
विश्वेall
विश्वे:
सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
देवासःO gods
देवासः:
सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
अनुafter; in accordance with
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध-अव्यय)
रभध्वम्(you all) seize/assail (me)
रभध्वम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootरभ् (धातु) [आ-रभ् ‘to seize, attack’]
अङ्गिरसःO Aṅgirases
अङ्गिरसः:
सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
TypeNoun (proper/lineage name)
Rootअङ्गिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
पितरःO Fathers (ancestors)
पितरः:
सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
सोम्यासःO Soma-loving/connected-with-Soma (ones)
सोम्यासः:
सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसोम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
पापम्sin; evil
पापम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक)
अर्चतुlet (it/he) praise/chant
अर्चतु:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअर्च् (धातु)
अपकामस्यof one who has ill-will / hostile desire
अपकामस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeAdjective/Noun (genitive qualifier)
Rootअपकाम (प्रातिपदिक) [अप- + काम]
कर्ताःthe doer; perpetrator
कर्ताः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (agent)
Rootकर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Angiras/Atharvanic tradition (hymn-level r̥ṣi attribution needed for certainty)

Devata: Dyāvāpṛthivī; Viśve Devāḥ; Angirases; Pitṛs (collective protective agencies)

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh or mixed (requires full hymn metrical scan; single-verse evidence insufficient)

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira

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