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Atharva Veda 7.70.4: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 7, Sukta 70, Mantra 4

Sukta 70

अपा॑ञ्चौ त उ॒भौ बा॒हू अपि॑ नह्याम्या॒स्यऽम्। अ॒ग्नेर्दे॒वस्य॑ म॒न्युना॒ तेन॑ तेऽवधिषं ह॒विः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.70.4

apā́ñcau te ubháu bāhū́ ápi nahyāmy asyám | agnér devásya manyúnā ténā te ’vádhiṣaṃ havíḥ

Backward I turn and bind both thine arms upon this man. With the wrath of Agni the God—therewith have I smitten thee; thy oblation is struck down.

പിന്നോട്ടു തിരിച്ചു, നിന്റെ ഇരുകൈകളും ഈ മനുഷ്യന്റെ മേൽ തന്നെ ഞാൻ ബന്ധിക്കുന്നു. ദേവനായ അഗ്നിയുടെ മന്യു (ക്രോധം) കൊണ്ടു—അതേ ശക്തിയാൽ ഞാൻ നിന്നെ വധിച്ചു; നിന്റെ ഹവിസ് (ആഹുതി) തകർന്ന് വീണിരിക്കുന്നു.

अपाञ्चौturned away/backward
अपाञ्चौ:
विशेषण (उभौ बाहू इति विशेष्यस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootअपाञ्च (प्रातिपदिक; अप + अञ्च् ‘to turn’ से निष्पन्न विशेषण)
तेof you / your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (बाहू = ‘thy arms’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उभौboth
उभौ:
विशेषण (बाहू)
TypeAdjective
Rootउभ (प्रातिपदिक)
बाहूarms
बाहू:
कर्म (नह्यामि—‘I bind (your) arms’)
TypeNoun
Rootबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
अपिalso; moreover
अपि:
सम्बन्ध/उपपद (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
नह्यामिI bind / I tie
नह्यामि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootनह् (धातु; ‘to bind, tie’)
अस्यम्this (one/thing)
अस्यम्:
कर्म (अवधिषम्—‘I struck/ slew this’)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अग्नेःof Agni
अग्नेः:
सम्बन्ध (देवस्य मन्युना—‘by the wrath of Agni, the god’)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
देवस्यof the god
देवस्य:
सम्बन्ध (अग्नेः के विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
मन्युनाwith wrath / by anger
मन्युना:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootमन्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
तेनwith that
तेन:
करण (मन्युना इत्यस्य अनुवादकः—‘with that’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेfor you / to you
ते:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अवधिषम्I struck down / I slew
अवधिषम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootवध् (धातु; ‘to strike, slay’) + अव (उपसर्ग)
हविःoblation; offering
हविः:
कर्म (अवधिषम्—‘I struck (as) an oblation/with oblation’; पद्ये अर्थसन्दिग्धता)
TypeNoun
Rootहविस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in supplied excerpt)

Devata: Agni (as wrathful enforcer); the act of binding as operative power

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like / mixed (abhicāra cadence)

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira

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