Atharva Veda 7.74.3: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 8, Sukta 74, Mantra 3

Sukta 74

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

त्वा॒ष्ट्रेणा॒हं वच॑सा॒ वि त॑ ई॒र्ष्याम॑मीमदम्। अथो॒ यो म॒न्युष्टे॑ पते॒ तमु॑ ते शमयामसि

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 7.74.3

IAST Transliteration

tvā́ṣṭreṇāháṃ vácasā ví te ī́rṣyām amīmadam | átho yó manyúṣṭe pate tám u te śamayāmasi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With Tvaṣṭṛ’s utterance I have driven apart thy jealousy. And moreover, whoso is wroth, O lord, him—yea, for thee—we do we pacify.

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Word by Word

• त्वाष्टे्रेण: by (the power/means) of Tvaṣṭṛ / Tvaṣṭṛ-related
• त्वाष्टे्रेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: त्वाष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘त्वष्टृ’ से) अथवा ‘त्वाष्ट्री’ (स्त्री.)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वचसा: with speech/word (incantation)
• वचसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart, asunder; intensifier
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ईर्ष्याम्: jealousy, envy
• ईर्ष्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईर्ष्या (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमीमदम्: I dispelled/quelled
• अमीमदम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मद् (धातु; ‘मद्’ = उन्मादे/हर्षे; यहाँ ‘मदम्’ = ‘मद/उन्माद’ अर्थे) + अमीमद् (caus./intensive nuance in Vedic)

• अथो: and also; moreover
• अथो: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ + उ (निपात-संयोग)

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

• मन्युष्टे: is angry / rages
• मन्युष्टे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्यु (प्रातिपदिक) + √अस्/भू (धातु) (Vedic: ‘मन्युष्’ = ‘wrathful’ as adjective; ‘मन्युष्टे’ = ‘is wrathful/angry’)

• पते: O lord/master
• पते: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उ: indeed; and
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (निपात)

• ते: for you / to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शमयामसि: we cause to be calm; we pacify
• शमयामसि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शम् (धातु; शमे/शान्तौ) + णिच् (शमय-)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in supplied excerpt).

Devata: Tvaṣṭṛ (invoked power) / Śānti (pacification) as functional deity.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna