Atharva Veda 6.42.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 5, Sukta 42, Mantra 2

Sukta 42

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सखा॑याविव सचावहा॒ अव॑ म॒न्युं त॑नोमि ते । अ॒धस्ते॑ अश्म॑नो म॒न्युमुपा॑स्यामसि॒ यो गु॒रुः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 6.42.2

IAST Transliteration

sakhā́yāv iva sácā́vahā áva manyúṃ tanomi te | adhás te áśmano manyúm upāsyāmasi yó gurúḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As friends in fellowship may we go together: down I let thy wrath fall. That wrath of thine, heavy as a stone, we will press down beneath (us).

Translation

സുഹൃത്തുക്കളെപ്പോലെ കൂട്ടായ്മയിൽ നാം ചേർന്ന് പോകട്ടെ; നിന്റെ കോപം ഞാൻ താഴെയിറക്കുന്നു. കല്ലുപോലെ ഭാരമുള്ള നിന്റെ ആ കോപത്തെ നാം നമ്മുടെ കീഴിൽ അമർത്തി താഴ്ത്താം.

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Word by Word

• सखायौ: (you) two friends
• सखायौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि (प्रातिपदिक) → सखा

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• सचावहा: we two carry/bring along (together)
• सचावहा: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: सच् (धातु) / सच (सहचर्ये) + वह् (धातु) (वहने)

• अव: down, away (as a preverb)
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव

• मन्युम्: wrath, anger
• मन्युम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

• तनोमि: I stretch/extend; I lay out
• तनोमि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: तन् (धातु) (विस्तारे)

• ते: for you / of you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अधः: below, down
• अधः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधः

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्मनः: of the stone
• अश्मनः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मन्युम्: wrath, anger
• मन्युम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

• उप: towards, near (as a preverb)
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप

• आस्यामसि: we sit/settle (down)
• आस्यामसि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु) (उपवेशने/आसने)

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

• गुरुः: heavy; grievous
• गुरुः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Manyu (to be suppressed) / Saṃmanas (goal-state)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta