Atharva Veda 1.35.2: Kanda 1, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 35, Mantra 2

Sukta 35

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नैनं॒ रक्षां॑सि॒ न पि॑शा॒चाः स॑हन्ते दे॒वाना॒मोजः॑ प्रथम॒जं ह्ये॒तत्। यो बिभ॑र्ति दाक्षाय॒णं हिर॑ण्यं॒ स जी॒वेषु॑ कृणुते दी॒र्घमायुः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 1.35.2

IAST Transliteration

náinaṃ rákṣāṃsi ná piśācā́ḥ sahante devā́nām ójaḥ prathamajáṃ hí etát | yó bíbhar̥ti dākṣāyaṇáṃ híraṇyaṃ sá jīvéṣu kr̥ṇute dīrghám-ā́yuḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Neither Rākṣases nor Piśācas can withstand him: for this is the Gods’ might, first-born in its origin. Whoso beareth the Dākṣāyaṇa gold, he among the living maketh for himself long life.

Translation

രാക്ഷസന്മാരും പിശാചുകളും അവനെ സഹിക്കുകയില്ല; കാരണം ഇത് ദേവന്മാരുടെ ഓജസ്—ഉത്ഭവത്തിൽ തന്നെ ആദിജനിതമായ ശക്തി. ദാക്ഷായണ സ്വർണം ധരിക്കുന്നവൻ, ജീവികളിൽ തനിക്കായി ദീർഘായുസ്സ് സ്ഥാപിക്കുന്നു.

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• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एनम्: him/it
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (एतद्-प्रातिपदिक) → एन

• रक्षांसि: demons, harmful spirits
• रक्षांसि: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस्

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• पिशाचाः: piśācas (ghouls/evil beings)
• पिशाचाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिशाच

• सहन्ते: endure, withstand
• सहन्ते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सह्

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव

• ओजः: strength, might
• ओजः: Karma (with सह्: ‘withstand X’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओजस्

• प्रथमजम्: first-born, primeval
• प्रथमजम्: Viśeṣaṇa (of एतत्/ओजः) / Karma in apposition
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम + ज (√जन्) → प्रथमज

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Kartā (of implied ‘अस्ति’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्

• बिभर्ति: bears, carries
• बिभर्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृ

• दाक्षायणम्: (belonging to) Dakṣa / Dākṣāyaṇa
• दाक्षायणम्: Viśeṣaṇa (of हिरण्यम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दाक्षायण (patronymic from दक्ष)

• हिरण्यम्: gold
• हिरण्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्

• जीवेषु: among the living (beings)
• जीवेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीव

• कृणुते: makes, produces (for himself)
• कृणुते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ

• दीर्घम्: long
• दीर्घम्: Viśeṣaṇa (of आयुः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घ

• आयुः: life, lifespan
• आयुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस्

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (seer not specified in the provided excerpt; commonly transmitted as Atharvan/Angiras-type for rakṣoghna material)

Devata: Hiraṇya as empowered by ‘devānām ojas’ (divine might); apotropaic power against Rākṣasas and Piśācas

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (11-syllable cadence typical of the two-hemistich structure here)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta