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Atharva Veda 4.28.7: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 28, Mantra 7

Sukta 28

अधि॑ नो ब्रूतं॒ पृत॑नासूग्रौ॒ सं वज्रे॑ण सृजतं॒ यः कि॑मी॒दी। स्तौमि॑ भवाश॒र्वौ ना॑थि॒तो॑ जो॑हवीमि॒ तौ नो॑ मुञ्चत॒मंह॑सः

ádhi no brūtam pṛ́tanāsu ugrāu sáṃ vájreṇa sṛ́jatam yáḥ kimī́dī | stāúmi bhavāśárvāu nā́thito jóhavīmi táu no muñcatam áṃhasaḥ

Speak ye in power for us amid the battles, ye fierce twain; with the bolt hurl down the Kiṃīdin, whosoe’er he be. I laud Bhava and Śarva; in my need I call on them again and yet again: from anguish and from sin release ye us.

ഹേ ഉഗ്രരായ ആ ഇരുവരേ, യുദ്ധങ്ങളുടെ നടുവിൽ ഞങ്ങൾക്കായി ശക്തിയായി വാക്കുചൊല്ലുവിൻ; വജ്രംകൊണ്ട് കിമീദിൻ—ആരായാലും—അവനെ താഴെയിറക്കുവിൻ. ഞാൻ ഭവനെയും ശർവനെയും സ്തുതിക്കുന്നു; ആവശ്യമെത്തുമ്പോൾ ഞാൻ അവരെ വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും വിളിക്കുന്നു: ഞങ്ങളെ അംഹസ് (വേദന/കഷ്ടം)യും പാപവും നിന്നു മോചിപ്പിക്കുവിൻ.

अधिupon; over; in addition
अधि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
नःto us; for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
ब्रूतम्speak (you two)!
ब्रूतम्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (ब्रवीति)
पृतनासुin battles
पृतनासु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपृतना
उग्रौ(you) two fierce ones
उग्रौ:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र
सम्together; completely
सम्:
Avyaya
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वज्रेणwith the thunderbolt
वज्रेण:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र
सृजतम्hurl; let go (you two)!
सृजतम्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootसृज्
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
किम्anyone; anything (hostile)
किम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
ईदीindeed; surely
ईदी:
Avyaya
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइद्/ईद् (निपात)
स्तौमिI praise
स्तौमि:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootस्तु
भवBhava (a form of Rudra/Śiva)
भव:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootभव (शिव-नाम)
शर्वौŚarva (Rudra); the two: Bhava and Śarva
शर्वौ:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootशर्व (रुद्र-नाम)
नाथितः(I,) having sought help; as a suppliant
नाथितः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootनाथित (√नाथ् ‘सहाय्ये/आश्रये’ क्त)
जोहवीमिI repeatedly invoke; I call upon
जोहवीमि:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootह्वे (आह्वाने)
तौthose two (them)
तौ:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
नःus
नः:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
मुञ्चतम्release (you two)!
मुञ्चतम्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootमुच्
अंहसःfrom distress; from sin/evil
अंहसः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootअंहस्

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn-level attribution varies by anukramaṇī; not determinable from the single verse here).

Devata: Bhava–Śarva (Rudra in dual aspect); secondarily the ‘vajra’ as smiting power.

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type cadence (needs full hymn metrical scan for certainty).

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira

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