Atharva Veda 4.17.4: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 17, Mantra 4

Sukta 17

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यां ते॑ च॒क्रुरा॒मे पात्रे॒ यां च॒क्रुर्नी॑ललोहि॒ते। आ॒मे मां॒से कृ॒त्यां यां च॒क्रुस्तया॑ कृत्या॒कृतो॑ जहि

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.17.4

IAST Transliteration

yā́m te cakrúr āmé pā́tre yā́m ca cakrúr nī́lalohité | āmé mā́ṁse kṛtyā́m yā́m ca cakrús táyā kṛtyā́kṛto jahí ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The witchcraft which they have wrought against thee in a raw vessel, which they have wrought in the blue-and-red; the witchcraft which they have wrought in raw flesh—therewith smite thou the witchcraft-workers.

Translation

Sihir yang mereka lakukan terhadapmu dalam bejana mentah; yang mereka lakukan dalam yang biru-dan-merah; sihir yang mereka lakukan dalam daging mentah—dengan itu, pukullah para pembuat sihir.

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Word by Word

• याम्: which (female; that)
• याम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: your / of you
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्रुः: they have done / made
• चक्रुः: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• आमे: in raw (state)
• आमे: अधिकरण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आम (प्रातिपदिक; ‘raw/uncooked’)

• पात्रे: in a vessel
• पात्रे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• याम्: which (female; that)
• याम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्रुः: they have done / made
• चक्रुः: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• नील-लोहिते: in the blue-and-red (thing)
• नील-लोहिते: अधिकरण
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: नील (प्रातिपदिक) + लोहित (प्रातिपदिक)

• आमे: in raw (state)
• आमे: अधिकरण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आम (प्रातिपदिक)

• मांसे: in flesh / meat
• मांसे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृत्याम्: witchcraft; harmful rite
• कृत्याम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्या (प्रातिपदिक)

• याम्: which (female; that)
• याम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्रुः: they have done / made
• चक्रुः: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• तया: with that / by that
• तया: करण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कृत्या-कृतः: the witchcraft-doer
• कृत्या-कृतः: कर्तृ (of implied action ‘has done’) / संबोधन-सम्बन्ध (as target)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (compound)
• Root: कृत्या (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (कृ-धातु से क्त-प्रत्यय; PPP)

• जहि: strike down; slay
• जहि: क्रिया (imperative); कर्म = ‘कृत्या-कृतः’
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Āṅgiras lineages for kṛtyā-hymns; specific r̥ṣi not stated in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Apāmārga / Kṛtyā-nāśana (functional deity: the expelling power; also the mantra’s own brahman-force)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; standard for many AV apotropaic verses)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: bhayankara