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Atharva Veda 4.40.7: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 40, Mantra 7

Sukta 40

य उ॒परि॑ष्टा॒ज्जुह्व॑ति जातवेद ऊ॒र्ध्वाया॑ दि॒शोऽभि॒दास॑न्त्य॒स्मान्। सूर्य॑मृ॒त्वा ते परा॑ञ्चो व्यथन्तां प्र॒त्यगे॑नान् प्रतिस॒रेण॑ हन्मि

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.40.7

yé uparíṣṭāj juhváti jātáveda ūrdhvā́yā diśó ’bhidā́santy asmā́n | sū́ryam ṛtvā́ té parā́ñco vyathantāṃ pratyagé́nān pratisaréṇa hanmi

Whoso from above maketh offering, O Jātavedas,—the upper regions assail us: taking the Sun for the effective stay, let them, turned away, be shaken; with the returning counter-force, with the Pratisara, I smite them down.

Sesiapa yang dari atas mempersembahkan korban, wahai Jātavedas,—wilayah-wilayah di atas menyerang kami. Dengan menjadikan Sūrya (Matahari) sebagai penahan yang berkesan, biarlah mereka—berpaling jauh—tergoncang; dengan daya-balas yang kembali, dengan Pratisara, aku menewaskan mereka.

येwho (those who)
ये:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उपरिष्टात्from above, overhead
उपरिष्टात्:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउपरि + -ष्टात् (अव्यय-निर्माण)
जुह्वतिthey offer (pour as oblation)
जुह्वति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootहु (जुहोति)
जातवेदःO Jātavedas (Agni, knower of births)
जातवेदः:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative title)
Rootजातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; अग्नि-विशेषण)
ऊर्ध्वायाःof the upper
ऊर्ध्वायाः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeAdjective
Rootऊर्ध्व (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
दिशःdirection (quarter)
दिशः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootदिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिदासन्तिthey assail, they harm
अभिदासन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअभि + दस् (दासति/दसति ‘to harm, assail’)
अस्मान्us
अस्मान्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सूर्यम्the Sun
सूर्यम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋत्वाhaving reached/attained
ऋत्वा:
पूर्वकाल-क्रिया
TypeVerbal indeclinable (gerund)
Rootऋ (ऋणोति/ऋच्छति—here as absolutive ‘having gone/attained’)
तेthey (those)
ते:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पराञ्चःturned away, facing away
पराञ्चः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootपराञ्च् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
व्यथन्ताम्let them be distressed / be shaken
व्यथन्ताम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootव्यथ् (व्यथते)
प्रत्यगेनान्turned back (towards), facing back
प्रत्यगेनान्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रत्यग् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
प्रतिसरेणwith the amulet / counter-charm
प्रतिसरेण:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootप्रतिसर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘amulet, counter-charm’)
हन्मिI strike, I slay
हन्मि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (हन्ति)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (attribution uncertain)

Devata: Agni Jātavedas; Sūrya; directions

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (anuṣṭubh-like)

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta

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