Atharva Veda 2.4.4: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 4

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दे॒वैर्द॒त्तेन॑ म॒णिना॑ जङ्गि॒डेन॑ मयो॒भुवा॑ । विष्क॑न्धं॒ सर्वा॒ रक्षां॑सि व्याया॒मे स॑हामहे

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.4.4

IAST Transliteration

deváiḥ datténa maṇínā jaṅgiḍéna mayobhúvā | víṣkandhaṃ sárvā rákṣāṃsi vyāyā́me sahāmahe ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With the god-bestowed amulet, with Jaṅgiḍa, the weal-producing,—Viṣkandha and all the Rākṣasas in the rout we overpower.

Translation

ଦେବମାନଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ଦତ୍ତ ମଣି—ଜଙ୍ଗିଡ, ମଙ୍ଗଳକାରୀ—ତାହାର ବଳେ ଆମେ ଯୁଦ୍ଧରଙ୍ଗରେ ବିଷ୍କନ୍ଧ ଓ ସମସ୍ତ ରାକ୍ଷସମାନଙ୍କୁ ତାଡ଼ି ଜୟ କରୁ।

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Word by Word

• देवैः: by/with the gods
• देवैः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• दत्तेन: given (bestowed)
• दत्तेन: करण
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: दा (धातु) → दत्त (कृदन्त, क्त)

• मणिना: with the jewel/amulet
• मणिना: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• जङ्गिडेन: with the jaṅgiḍa (a specific amulet/herb)
• जङ्गिडेन: करण
• Type: Noun (appositional/qualifying to मणिना)
• Root: जङ्गिड (प्रातिपदिक; अथर्ववेदे प्रसिद्धः मणि/औषधि-विशेषः)

• मयोभुवा: bringing well-being
• मयोभुवा: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मयोभू (प्रातिपदिक; मयस् + भू, ‘welfare-producing’)

• विष्कन्धम्: the viṣkandha (a specific affliction/obstruction)
• विष्कन्धम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्कन्ध (प्रातिपदिक; रोग/दोष-विशेषः)

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• रक्षांसि: demons/evil spirits, harmful beings
• रक्षांसि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• व्यायामे: in the contest/struggle (in exertion)
• व्यायामे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यायाम (प्रातिपदिक)

• सहामहे: we overcome / we prevail
• सहामहे: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: सह् (धातु; ‘to overcome, to prevail’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Āṅgirasa lineages for maṇi-hymns; specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on Anukramaṇī tradition).

Devata: Jaṅgiḍa-maṇi (apotropaic amulet) as the effective power; secondarily the gods as bestowers; adversary: Viṣkandha and rākṣasas.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; standard for many AV charm-verses—confirmable against padic metrical count in a critical edition).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta