Atharva Veda 4.36.2: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 36, Mantra 2

Sukta 36

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यो नो॒ दिप्स॒ददि॑प्सतो॒ दिप्स॑तो॒ यश्च॒ दिप्स॑ति । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रस्य॒ दंष्ट्र॑योर॒ग्नेरपि॑ दधामि॒ तम्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.36.2

IAST Transliteration

yó no dípsad adípsato dípsato yáś ca dípsati | vaiśvānará­sya dáṃṣṭrayor agnér ápi dadhāmi tám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoever would harm us—whether he harm not, or harm, and whoever harms—I set him within the fangs of Vaiśvānara Agni.

Translation

Sesiapa yang hendak mencelakakan kami—sama ada dia tidak mencelakakan atau mencelakakan, dan sesiapa yang mencelakakan—aku letakkan dia di antara taring Agni Vaiśvānara.

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Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• दिप्सत्: desiring to harm / intending to injure
• दिप्सत्: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: दिप्स् (धातु; desiderative base from दभ्/दप् ‘to harm/deceive’ in Vedic usage)

• अदिप्सतः: from one who does not wish to harm
• अदिप्सतः: Apādāna
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: दिप्स् (धातु) + अ- (निषेध)

• दिप्सतः: from one who wishes to harm
• दिप्सतः: Apādāna
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: दिप्स् (धातु)

• यः: and who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• दिप्सति: (he) seeks to harm / intends to injure
• दिप्सति: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: दिप्स् (धातु)

• वैश्वानरस्य: of Vaiśvānara
• वैश्वानरस्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: वैश्वानर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘Vaiśvānara’, epithet of Agni)

• दंष्ट्रयोः: in/at the two fangs (jaws)
• दंष्ट्रयोः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दंष्ट्रा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्नेः: of Agni
• अग्नेः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (deity)
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपि: also; indeed; into
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• दधामि: I place / I put
• दधामि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

• तम्: him (that one)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: To be verified from Anukramaṇī for AV 4.36.

Devata: Agni Vaiśvānara

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires scan).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira