Atharva Veda 2.4.2: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 2

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

जङ्गि॒डो ज॒म्भाद् वि॑श॒राद् विष्क॑न्धादभि॒शोच॑नात्। म॒णिः स॒हस्र॑वीर्यः॒ परि॑ णः पातु वि॒श्वतः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.4.2

IAST Transliteration

jáṅgiḍó jámbhād víśarād víṣkandhād abhíśocanāt | maṇíḥ sahásravīryaḥ pári naḥ pātu viśvátaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From Jambha, from Viśará, from Viṣkandha, from the Abhiśocana—may the amulet, the thousand-powered, encompass us and guard us from every side.

Translation

जम्भापासून, विशरापासून, विष्कन्धापासून, अभिशोचनापासून—सहस्र-वीर्य असलेली ही मणी आम्हांला सर्व बाजूंनी वेढून, सर्व दिशांनी रक्षण करो.

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Word by Word

• जङ्गिडः: (the charm/amulet called) Jaṅgiḍa
• जङ्गिडः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जङ्गिड (प्रातिपदिक; रोग/कृमि-नाम)

• जम्भात्: from jambha (a harmful affliction)
• जम्भात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: जम्भ (प्रातिपदिक; रोग/दोष-नाम)

• विशरात्: from viśara (a wasting affliction)
• विशरात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशर (प्रातिपदिक; रोग/दोष-नाम)

• विष्कन्धात्: from viṣkandha (a disease/obstruction)
• विष्कन्धात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्कन्ध (प्रातिपदिक; रोग-नाम)

• अभिशोचनात्: from afflicting grief/torment (abhīśocana)
• अभिशोचनात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभि-शोचन (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अभिशोच’/दुःख-उत्पादक-दोष)

• मणिः: the gem/amulet
• मणिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सहस्रवीर्यः: of thousandfold potency
• सहस्रवीर्यः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र-वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहिः)

• परि: all around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• नः: of us / our
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• पातु: may (he/it) protect
• पातु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (रक्षणे) धातुः

• विश्वतः: from every side / on all sides
• विश्वतः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विश्वतस् (अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Āṅgirasa lineages for maṇi-sūktas; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition)

Devata: Jāṅgiḍa-maṇi (the amulet as empowered protective agent); implicitly also the banishing of named disease-demons

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of 8 syllables; typical Atharvanic protective meter)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira