Atharva Veda 1.8.2: Kanda 1, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 2

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒यं स्तु॑वा॒न आग॑मदि॒मं स्म॒ प्रति॑ हर्यत । बृह॑स्पते॒ वशे॑ ल॒ब्ध्वाग्नी॑षोमा॒ वि वि॑ध्यतम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 1.8.2

IAST Transliteration

ayáṃ stuvāná ā́gamad imáṃ smá práti haryata | bṛ́haspate váśe labdhvā́gnī́ṣomā ví vidhyatam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This man, hymning, hath come hither: seize ye upon this one in return. O Bṛhaspati, having gotten him within thy sway, O Agni and Soma, pierce him through, yea, smite him asunder.

Translation

Ten człowiek, śpiewając hymny, przybył tutaj: chwycie tego w zamian. O Brehaspati, mając go w swojej władzy, o Agni i Somo, przebijcie go, tak, rozetnijcie go na dwoje.

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Word by Word

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्तुवानः: praising
• स्तुवानः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (Adjectival) / Verb-derived
• Root: √स्तु (स्तुतौ) → स्तुवान (शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (Preverb)
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अगमत्: came
• अगमत्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (गतौ) + आ- (उपसर्ग)

• इमम्: this (one/this here)
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्म: indeed, just (emphatic)
• स्म: —
• Type: Indeclinable (Particle)
• Root: स्म (निपात/अव्यय)

• प्रति: towards, in response to
• प्रति: —
• Type: Indeclinable (Preverb/Adverb)
• Root: प्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• हर्यत: rejoice / be pleased (towards him)
• हर्यत: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हृ (हरणे) / √हृ (हर्षे) → हर्य (इच्छा/हर्ष) ; here as verb-form

• बृहस्पते: O Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पते: Sampradāna (addressed deity)
• Type: Noun (Vocative)
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• वशे: in (your) control, under sway
• वशे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश (प्रातिपदिक)

• लब्ध्वा: having obtained
• लब्ध्वा: —
• Type: Gerund
• Root: √लभ् (लाभे) → लब्ध्वा (क्त्वान्त अव्यय-कृदन्त)

• अग्नीषोमा: O Agni and Soma
• अग्नीषोमा: Sampradāna (addressed deities)
• Type: Noun (Dual, Vocative)
• Root: अग्नि + सोम (द्वन्द्व-समास)

• वि: apart, asunder, fully
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (Preverb)
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• वि: apart, asunder (intensive repetition)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (Preverb)
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• विध्यतम्: pierce, smite (you two)
• विध्यतम्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √व्यध्/√विध् (वेधने) + वि- (उपसर्ग)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (as typical for early AV apotropaic hymns; exact r̥ṣi per anukramaṇī should be confirmed for 1.8)

Devata: Bṛhaspati; Agni–Soma (as joint executors of the destructive act)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; to be verified against pada-count in the Saunaka metrical listing)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira