Atharva Veda 6.2.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 2

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ यं वि॒शन्तीन्द॑वो॒ वयो॒ न वृ॒क्षमन्ध॑सः । विर॑प्शि॒न् विमृधो॑ जहि रक्ष॒स्विनीः॑

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 6.2.2

IAST Transliteration

ā yáṃ viśántī́ndavo váyo ná vṛkṣám ándhasaḥ | vírapśin ví mṛ́dho jahí rakṣasvínīḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Him, whom the Soma-drops enter—like birds a tree—(him) of the pressed draught: O wide-handed one, smite apart the hostile powers; slay the demon-women.

Translation

സോമബിന്ദുക്കൾ—പക്ഷികൾ മരത്തിലേക്ക് കയറുന്നതുപോലെ—ആരിൽ പ്രവേശിക്കുന്നുവോ, ആ പിഴിഞ്ഞ പാനീയത്തിന്റെ (സോമത്തിന്റെ) അധിപനേ: ഹേ വിശാല-ഹസ്തനേ, വൈരിശക്തികളെ പിരിച്ചടിച്ച് പ്രഹരിക്ക; രക്ഷസ്വിനീകളെ (രാക്ഷസീ-സ്ത്രീകളെ) സംഹരിക്ക.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither; towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• यम्: whom/which (that one)
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विशन्ति: they enter
• विशन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विश् (विश् प्रवेशने)

• इन्दवः: drops (esp. Soma-drops)
• इन्दवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)

• वयः: a bird; (like) a bird
• वयः: Kartā (उपमान-प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like; as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• वृक्षम्: tree
• वृक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्धसः: of the juice/sap; of the Soma-juice
• अन्धसः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart; asunder; forth
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग) / vi (preverb)

• रप्शिन्: O sharp(-clawed)/rending one
• रप्शिन्: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रप्शिन् (प्रातिपदिक; विशेषण)

• वि: apart; away
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग) / vi (preverb)

• मृधः: hostile ones; assailants
• मृधः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृध् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मृध्’ = शत्रु/उपद्रव)

• जहि: strike; slay
• जहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (हन हिंसायाम्)

• रक्षस्विनीः: female demons/witches; harmful female spirits
• रक्षस्विनीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘रक्षस्’/‘रक्षस्विन्’ राक्षस-जाति/हानिकर-भूत)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often anonymous/Angiras-type for rakṣoghna verses in AV 6)

Devata: Soma/Indu with Indraic ‘smiting’ function; also implicitly Rakṣas as the adversary

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.; AV 6 commonly uses anuṣṭubh in short apotropaic units)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira