Atharva Veda 2.12.6: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 6

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अती॑व॒ यो म॑रुतो॒ मन्य॑ते नो॒ ब्रह्म॑ वा॒ यो निन्दि॑षत् क्रि॒यमा॑णम्। तपूं॑षि॒ तस्मै॑ वृजि॒नानि॑ सन्तु ब्रह्म॒द्विषं॒ द्यौर॑भि॒संत॑पाति

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 2.12.6

IAST Transliteration

atī́va yó maruto mányate no bráhma vā yó níndiṣat kriyámāṇam | tapū́ṃṣi tásmai vṛjinā́ni santu brahmadvíṣaṃ dyáur abhísantapāti ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso, O Maruts, beyond all measure deemeth ill of us, or whoso revileth the holy spell while it is being wrought,—for him let burnings and misfortunes be: Heaven on the hater of the Brahman shall scorch down fiercely.

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Word by Word

• अतीव: excessively, too much
• अतीव: विशेषण-भावे (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति-इव (उपसर्ग+निपात) / अतीव (अव्यय)

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

• मरुतः: the Maruts
• मरुतः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मन्यते: thinks, supposes
• मन्यते: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मन् (मन्यते) (धातु)

• नः: of us / to us
• नः: Sampradāna (लाभ/हानि-संबन्धे) / सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• ब्रह्म: sacred utterance, prayer; brahman
• ब्रह्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वा: or
• वा: समुच्चय/विकल्प
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (निपात)

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

• निन्दिषत्: should revile / may revile
• निन्दिषत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √निन्द् (धातु) → निन्दिषत् (विधिलिङ्/आशीर्लिङ्-रूपम्, परस्मैपदम्)

• क्रियमाणम्: being done, being performed
• क्रियमाणम्: Karma
• Type: Participle
• Root: √कृ (धातु) → क्रियमाण (वर्तमान-कर्मणि कृदन्त)

• तपूंषि: heats, burnings; austerity-fires (torments)
• तपूंषि: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक) (वेद. बहुवचन-रूपम्)

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• वृजिनानि: evils, sins, misfortunes
• वृजिनानि: Kartā (भवतु-इति आशयेन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृजिन (प्रातिपदिक)

• सन्तु: let them be
• सन्तु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)

• ब्रह्मद्विषम्: the brahman-hater, one who hates sacred prayer
• ब्रह्मद्विषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्म-द्विष् (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• द्यौः: Heaven, the Sky
• द्यौः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ/द्युस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभिसंतपाति: heats thoroughly, scorches
• अभिसंतपाति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-सम्-√तप् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often attributed broadly to Atharvan/Angiras lineages for protective-imprecatory material; specific r̥ṣi not stated in the provided excerpt).

Devata: Maruts; and Dyauḥ (Heaven) as punitive executor; brahman (mantra-power) as quasi-agent.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; four pādas with ~8 syllables tendency, though Atharvanic anuṣṭubh is often flexible).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: bhayankara