Atharva Veda 5.30.4: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 30, Mantra 4

Sukta 30

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदेन॑सो मा॒तृकृ॑ता॒च्छेषे॑ पि॒तृकृ॑ताच्च॒ यत्। उ॒न्मो॒च॒न॒प्र॒मो॒च॒ने उ॒भे वा॒चा व॑दामि ते

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 5.30.4

IAST Transliteration

yád énaso mātṛ́kṛtāc chéṣe pitṛ́kṛtāc ca yát | unmócanapramócané ubhé vācā́ vadāmi te ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What guilt is left, wrought by thy mother, and what by thy father—both for unloosing and for full release, with speech I utter for thee.

Translation

മാതാവ് ചെയ്ത കുറ്റത്തിൽ നിന്നു ശേഷിക്കുന്ന ദോഷവും, പിതാവ് ചെയ്ത കുറ്റത്തിൽ നിന്നു ശേഷിക്കുന്ന ദോഷവും—അഴിച്ചുവിടലിനും പൂർണ്ണ വിമോചനത്തിനുമായി, ഇരുവിധ വാക്കുകളാൽ ഞാൻ നിനക്കായി ഉച്ചരിക്കുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• यत्: whatever (sin/offence)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यद्-शब्द

• एनसः: of sin, of offence
• एनसः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मातृकृतात्: from (that) done by the mother
• मातृकृतात्: Apādāna
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle used substantively)
• Root: मातृकृत (मातृ + कृत, क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)

• शेषे: in the remainder; in what is left over
• शेषे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेष (प्रातिपदिक)

• पितृकृतात्: from (that) done by the father
• पितृकृतात्: Apādāna
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle used substantively)
• Root: पितृकृत (पितृ + कृत, क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यद्-शब्द

• उन्मोचन: in the act of unbinding/releasing
• उन्मोचन: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्-√मुच् (मुचँ विमोचने) + ल्युट्/अन (नामधातु-निर्माण) → उन्मोचन

• प्रमोचने: in the act of freeing/setting loose
• प्रमोचने: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र-√मुच् (मुचँ विमोचने) + ल्युट्/अन → प्रमोचन

• उभे: both
• उभे: Karma
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective (numeral-like)
• Root: उभ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वाचा: with speech; by utterance
• वाचा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वदामि: I speak; I utter
• वदामि: — (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वद् (वदँ व्यक्तायां वाचि)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn attributed in the AV school to Atharvan/Angiras-type seers; precise r̥ṣi ascription varies by anukramaṇī).

Devata: Bheshaja/Āyus (healing and life), with implicit opposition to enas (sin-bond) as a quasi-agent.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in this section)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna