Atharva Veda 2.14.5: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 14, Mantra 5

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदि॒ स्थ क्षे॑त्रि॒याणां॒ यदि॑ वा॒ पुरु॑षेषिताः । यदि॒ स्थ दस्यु॑भ्यो जा॒ता नश्य॑ते॒तः स॒दान्वाः॑

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 2.14.5

IAST Transliteration

yádi stha kṣetríyāṇā́m yádi vā púruṣeṣitā́ḥ | yádi stha dásyubhyo jātā́ náśyatétaḥ sadā́nvāḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

If ye be of the Kṣetriya brood, or if ye be impelled by man; if ye be born from the Dasyu—perish ye hence, O Sadānvas!

Translation

നിങ്ങൾ ക്ഷേത്രിയാണാം (Kṣetriya) വംശത്തിൽപ്പെട്ടവരായാലും, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ മനുഷ്യൻ പ്രേരിപ്പിച്ചവരായാലും; നിങ്ങൾ ദസ്യുക്കളിൽ നിന്ന് ജനിച്ചവരായാലും—ഹേ സദാന്വാഃ (Sadānvas), ഇവിടെ നിന്ന് നശിച്ചുപോകുവിൻ!

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Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (avyaya)

• स्थ: you (pl.) are / you stand
• स्थ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू/अस्) (to be)

• क्षेत्रियाणाम्: of the kṣetriya-diseases (a named ailment)
• क्षेत्रियाणाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• यदि: if
• यदि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (avyaya)

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (avyaya)

• पुरुषेषिताः: impelled/sent by a man
• पुरुषेषिताः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (agent-qualifier of ‘you’)
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: पुरुष-इषित (कृदन्त/विशेषण)

• यदि: if
• यदि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (avyaya)

• स्थ: you (pl.) are
• स्थ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू/अस्)

• दस्युभ्यः: from the Dasyus
• दस्युभ्यः: अपादान (source/origin)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दस्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

• जाताः: born
• जाताः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (describing the addressed beings)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: √जन् (to be born) → जात (क्त)

• नश्यतेतः: may it perish away / let it vanish
• नश्यतेतः: —
• Type: Verb + indeclinable suffix (Vedic)
• Root: √नश् (to perish) + तः (abl./adv. suffix)

• सदान्वाः: (you) abiding ones / constant dwellers
• सदान्वाः: कर्तृ/सम्बोधन (addressed beings as ‘abiders’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सदान्व (प्रातिपदिक; सदन्/सदस् + व/वा-प्रत्यय; ‘dwelling/abiding’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages for kṣetriya-removal hymns; specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on the Anukramaṇī).

Devata: Apotropaic address to the afflicting beings (kṣetriya; Sadānva-s) rather than a single high deity.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; common for Atharvanic healing/banishing verses)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra