Atharva Veda 2.17.6: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 17, Mantra 6

Sukta 17

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प॒रि॒पाण॑मसि परि॒पाणं॑ मे दाः॒ स्वाहा॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.17.6

IAST Transliteration

paripā́ṇam asi paripā́ṇaṃ me dāḥ svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thou art the All-encompassing Hand: bestow on me the All-encompassing Hand. Svāhā!

Translation

നീ പരിപാണം—സർവ്വവ്യാപിയായ കൈ; എനിക്ക് പരിപാണം നൽകുക. സ്വാഹാ!

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Word by Word

• परिपाणम्: a protective hand/guard; a ‘hand-amulet’ (protective covering)
• परिपाणम्: Kartā (विधेय-रूपेण: ‘त्वम् … असि’ इत्यत्र)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परि- + पाण (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू-सत्तायाम्)

• परिपाणम्: the protective hand/guard (as an object to be given)
• परिपाणम्: Karma (दा-क्रियायाः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परि- + पाण (प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: to me / for me
• मे: Sampradāna (अर्थतः ‘मह्यम्’ = recipient; रूपतः षष्ठी)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दाः: give
• दाः: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (दाने)

• स्वाहा: svāhā (ritual exclamation; oblation-formula)
• स्वाहा: (मन्त्र-निपात; कारक-निर्देशः न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/उद्गार)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi attribution for AVŚ 2.17 varies by anukramaṇī/edition)

Devata: Paripāṇa (personified protective power) / Rakṣā (protective agency)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like short formula (mantric prose/short pāda-formula within an anuṣṭubh environment)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: bhayankara