Atharva Veda 6.37.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 37, Mantra 2

Sukta 37

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

परि॑ णो वृङ्ग्धि शपथ ह्र॒दम॒ग्निरि॑वा॒ दह॑न्। श॒प्तार॒मत्र॑ नो जहि दि॒वो वृ॒क्षमि॑वा॒शनिः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 6.37.2

IAST Transliteration

pári no vṛ́ṅgdhi śapatha hṛdám agnír ivā́ dáhan | śaptā́ram átra no jahí divó vṛkṣám ivā́śaniḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Tear from us, O Curse, the heart’s (grief), as fire burneth; and here smite down for us the curser, as heaven’s lightning a tree.

Translation

Koyakkanlah daripada kami, wahai Kutuk, dukacita di hati, sebagaimana api membakar; dan di sini tumbangkanlah bagi kami si pengutuk, sebagaimana kilat dari langit menumbangkan sebatang pokok.

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Word by Word

• परि: around; completely
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• नः: of us; our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• वृङ्ग्धि: tear away; remove
• वृङ्ग्धि: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृञ्ज्/वृङ्घ् (वृङ्ग्धि) ‘to twist off, tear away, remove’

• शपथ: the curse; oath-imprecation
• शपथ: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: शपथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• ह्रदम्: (as) a lake; pool
• ह्रदम्: कर्म (उपमान-आधारः) / अधिकरण (उपमेय-स्थान) (उपमा-प्रयोगे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ह्रद (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निः: fire
• अग्निः: कर्तृ (उपमान-कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like; as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)

• दहन्: burning
• दहन्: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Verb (Participle)
• Root: दह् (धातु) → दहन्त् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• शप्तारम्: the curser; the one who has cursed
• शप्तारम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: शप्तार्/शप्तृ (प्रातिपदिक) ‘one who curses; curser’

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: अधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)

• नः: of us; our
• नः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• जहि: strike down; slay; destroy
• जहि: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)

• दिवः: from heaven; from the sky
• दिवः: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक) ‘sky, heaven’

• वृक्षम्: a tree
• वृक्षम्: कर्म (उपमान-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like; as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)

• अशनिः: the thunderbolt; lightning
• अशनिः: कर्तृ (उपमान-कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशनि (प्रातिपदिक) ‘thunderbolt, lightning’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Śapatha; with Agni and Aśani as operative exemplars

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira