Atharva Veda 5.14.2: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 14, Mantra 2

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अव॑ जहि यातु॒धाना॒नव॑ कृत्या॒कृतं॑ जहि । अथो॒ योअ॒स्मान् दिप्स॑ति॒ तमु॒ त्वं ज॑ह्योषधे

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 5.14.2

IAST Transliteration

áva jahi yātudhā́nān áva kṛtyā́kṛtaṃ jahi | átho yó asmā́n dípsati tám u tváṃ jahi oṣadhe

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Smite down the Yātudhānas; smite down the maker of the Kṛtyā. And whoso seeketh to assail us—him verily do thou smite, O Herb.

Translation

യാതുധാനന്മാരെ താഴെയടിക്ക; കൃത്യാകൃതനെ താഴെയടിക്ക. പിന്നെ ഞങ്ങളെ ഹാനിപ്പെടുത്താൻ ദിപ്സിക്കുന്നവൻ ആരായാലും—ഹേ ഔഷധേ, അവനെയേ നീ തീർച്ചയായും സംഹരിക്ക.

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Word by Word

• अव: down; away; off (as a preverb/intensifier)
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• जहि: strike; slay; drive away!
• जहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)

• यातुधानान्: the sorcerers/demons (yātudhānas)
• यातुधानान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातुधान (प्रातिपदिक)

• अव: down; away
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• कृत्याम्: witchcraft; harmful spell
• कृत्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्या (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृतम्: done; performed (i.e., ‘the performed spell’)
• कृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त, भूतकृत)

• जहि: strike; destroy!
• जहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)

• अथो: and also; moreover
• अथो: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथो (अव्यय; अथ + उ)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दिप्सति: seeks to harm; intends to injure
• दिप्सति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दिप्स् (धातु; desiderative sense ‘to wish to harm/deceive’)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उ: indeed; just
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (निपात)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जहि: strike; slay; drive away!
• जहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)

• ओषधे: O herb/plant (O medicinal herb!)
• ओषधे: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: ओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer (per Anukramaṇī tradition for AV 5.14)

Devata: Oṣadhi; secondarily anti-demonic force against Yātudhānas

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra