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Atharva Veda 3.2.5: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 5

Sukta 2

अ॒मीषां॑ चि॒त्तानि॑ प्रतिमो॒हय॑न्ती गृहा॒णाङ्गा॑न्यप्वे॒ परे॑हि । अ॒भि प्रेहि॒ निर्द॑ह हृ॒त्सु शोकै॒र्ग्राह्या॒मित्रां॒स्तम॑सा विध्य॒ शत्रू॑न्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.2.5

amī́ṣāṃ cittā́ni pratimoháyantī gṛhāṇā́ṅgāny apvé páréhi | abhí préhi nírdaha hṛtsú śokáiḥ grāhy àmítrāṃs támasā vidhya śátrūn

Bewildering the minds of yonder men, O Apvā, go forth away; the members of the households—(assail them). Advance against them; burn them out: with griefs within their hearts seize thou the unfriendly; with darkness pierce the foes.

त्या लोकांची मने भ्रमित करणारी, हे अप्वा (Apvā), तू दूर निघून जा; गृहस्थांच्या अंगांना (त्यांना) ग्रास. त्यांच्यावर पुढे जा; त्यांना जाळून काढ. त्यांच्या हृदयांत शोक घालून अमित्रांना पकड; तमाने शत्रूंना भेद.

अमीषाम्of those
अमीषाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अमु-
चित्तानिminds, thoughts
चित्तानि:
कर्म (of ‘प्रतिमोहयन्ती’)
TypeNoun
Rootचित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रतिमोहयन्तीdeluding, bewildering
प्रतिमोहयन्ती:
कर्तृ (of the action of deluding)
TypeVerb
Rootमुह् (धातु) + प्रति-
गृहाणाम्of the houses
गृहाणाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
अङ्गानिlimbs/parts
अङ्गानि:
कर्म (with implied ‘गृहाणाम्’ = ‘parts of the houses’)
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
अप्वेaway, off
अप्वे:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअप (अव्यय/उपसर्गीय-निपात; Vedic particle)
परेहिgo away, depart
परेहि:
क्रिया (imperative)
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु) + परा-
अभिtowards, against
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग)
प्रेहिgo forth, advance
प्रेहि:
क्रिया (imperative)
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु) + प्र-
निर्दहburn out, scorch
निर्दह:
क्रिया (imperative)
TypeVerb
Rootदह् (धातु) + निर्-
हृत्सुin the hearts
हृत्सु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootहृत्/हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
शोकैःwith sorrows, with griefs
शोकैः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootशोक (प्रातिपदिक)
ग्राह्याto be seized/caught
ग्राह्या:
कर्म-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootग्रह् (धातु) → ग्राह्य (कृदन्त; यत्)
अमित्रान्enemies
अमित्रान्:
कर्म (of ‘विध्य’)
TypeNoun
Rootअमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
तमसाwith darkness
तमसा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootतमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
विध्यpierce, strike
विध्य:
क्रिया (imperative)
TypeVerb
Rootव्यध्/विध् (धातु) + वि-
शत्रून्foes, adversaries
शत्रून्:
कर्म (co-ordinate with ‘अमित्रान्’)
TypeNoun
Rootशत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type attribution (household sorcery corpus; specific r̥ṣi varies by anukramaṇī tradition)

Devata: Apvā (personified demonic/witch-force) as addressed agent; secondarily the spell’s own abhicaric power against amitra/śatru

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; the verse is in the common Atharvanic anuṣṭubh cadence though pāda division is somewhat compressed in Saṃhitā transmission)

Primary: raudra

Secondary: bhayankara

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