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Atharva Veda 3.6.5: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 5

Sukta 6

सि॒नात्वे॑ना॒न् निरृ॑तिर्मृ॒त्योः पाशै॑रमो॒क्यैः । अश्व॑त्थ॒ शत्रू॑न् माम॒कान् यान॒हं द्वेष्मि॒ ये च॒ माम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.6.5

sinā́tv enān nírṛtir mṛtyóḥ pā́śair amokyáiḥ | áśvattha śátrūn māmakā́n yā́n aháṁ dvéṣmi yé ca mā́m

Let Nirṛti bind these men with Death’s nooses that are not to be unloosed—O Aśvattha—my enemies, whom I hate, and those who hate me.

അഴിക്കാൻ കഴിയാത്ത മരണപാശങ്ങളാൽ നിരൃതി ഇവരെ ബന്ധിക്കട്ടെ—ഹേ അശ്വത്ഥ—എന്റെ ശത്രുക്കളെ, ഞാൻ ദ്വേഷിക്കുന്നവരെയും, എന്നെ ദ്വേഷിക്കുന്നവരെയും.

सिनात्वाhaving cleansed (having washed)
सिनात्वा:
(क्रियाविशेषण) सहायक-क्रिया/पूर्वक्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√स्ना (स्नान/शोधन) → सिनात्वा (त्वान्त) / वैदिक-रूप
एनान्these (persons/things)
एनान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एनान्
निरृतिःNirṛti (goddess of dissolution/misfortune)
निरृतिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootनिरृति- (प्रातिपदिक; देवता/अधिदेवता)
मृत्योःof death
मृत्योः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive) / विशेषण-सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootमृत्यु- (प्रातिपदिक)
पाशैःwith fetters/nooses
पाशैः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपाश- (प्रातिपदिक)
अमोक्यैःunreleasable, unloosenable
अमोक्यैः:
Karaṇa (पाशैः सह)
TypeAdjective
Rootअमोक्य- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अमोच्य/अमोक्ष्य’ वैदिक-रूप, ‘अविमोच्य’)
अश्वत्थO Aśvattha (sacred fig tree)
अश्वत्थ:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootअश्वत्थ- (प्रातिपदिक; वृक्ष-नाम)
शत्रून्enemies
शत्रून्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशत्रु- (प्रातिपदिक)
मामकान्belonging to me / my own (i.e., my personal)
मामकान्:
Karma (शत्रून् सह)
TypeAdjective
Rootमामक- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मम-सम्बन्धिन्’)
यान्whom (those whom)
यान्:
Karma (येषां निर्देशः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → यान्
अहम्I
अहम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम)
द्वेष्मिI hate
द्वेष्मि:
(मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√द्विष् (द्वेषे)
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā (च-समुच्चित-उपवाक्ये)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → ये
चand
च:
समुच्चय
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
माम्me
माम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम) → माम्

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras lineage (traditional attribution for hostile-binding hymns)

Devata: Nirṛti and Mṛtyu (with Aśvattha as operative vanaspati)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Primary: raudra

Secondary: bhayankara

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