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Atharva Veda 12.2.34: Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 34

Sukta 2

अ॒पा॒वृत्य॒ गार्ह॑पत्यात् क्र॒व्यादा॒ प्रेत॑ दक्षि॒णा। प्रि॒यं पि॒तृभ्य॑ आ॒त्मने॑ ब्र॒ह्मभ्यः॑ कृणुता प्रि॒यम्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 12.2.34

apā́vṛtya gā́rhapatyāt kravyā́dāt prá ita dakṣiṇā́ | priyáṃ pitṛ́bhya ātmáne bráhmabhyaḥ kṛṇuta priyám

Having turned away from the Household Fire the flesh-devouring power, go forth to the right: make ye what is dear for the Fathers, dear for oneself, dear for the Brahmans.

Setelah berpaling dari Api Rumah Tangga (Gārhapatya), wahai kuasa pemakan-daging (kravyād), pergilah ke sebelah kanan. Jadikanlah yang dikasihi bagi para Pitṛ, yang dikasihi bagi diri sendiri, dan yang dikasihi bagi para Brahmana.

अपावृत्यhaving turned away / having removed
अपावृत्य:
Karaṇa (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण—‘अपावृत्य’ = ‘अपसार्य/निवार्य’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअप-√वृत् (वर्तते/वृणोति) → क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय
गार्हपत्यात्from the Gārhapatya (household fire)
गार्हपत्यात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootगार्हपत्य (प्रातिपदिक; गार्हपत्य-अग्नि/गार्हपत्यस्थान)
क्रव्यादःthe flesh-eater (demon/evil being)
क्रव्यादः:
Kartā (आदेशवाक्ये संबोधनार्थेऽपि—‘क्रव्यादः’)
TypeNoun
Rootक्रव्याद (प्रातिपदिक; ‘कच्चिद् मांसभक्षः’/‘corpse-eater’)
प्रेतgo forth! depart!
प्रेत:
(मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√इ (गम्) + प्र- (लोट्, मध्यमपुरुष एकवचन)
दक्षिणाto the south
दक्षिणा:
Karma (गमनस्य लक्ष्य/दिशा)
TypeNoun
Rootदक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रियम्what is dear / a pleasing (thing)
प्रियम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
पितृभ्यःfor the Fathers (ancestors)
पितृभ्यः:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
आत्मनेfor oneself / for the self
आत्मने:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्मभ्यःfor the Brahmans / for sacred power (brahman)
ब्रह्मभ्यः:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
कृणुतmake! do!
कृणुत:
(मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (करणे) (लोट्, मध्यमपुरुष बहुवचन)
प्रियम्what is dear / a pleasing (thing)
प्रियम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Agni (gārhapatya) and the expulsion of Kravyād; Pitṛs as beneficiaries

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (Atharvanic)

Primary: shanta

Secondary: bhayankara

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