Atharva Veda 16.7.2: Kanda 16, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 2

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दे॒वाना॑मेनं घो॒रैः क्रू॒रैः प्रै॒षैर॑भि॒प्रेष्या॑मि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 16.7.2

IAST Transliteration

devā́nām enaṁ ghoraíḥ krūraíḥ praíṣair abhipréṣyāmi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Him I drive forth, by the Gods’ dread and cruel commissions, I dispatch him away.

Translation

Jego przepędzam, przez straszne i okrutne rozkazy Bogów, odsyłam go precz.

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Word by Word

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• एनम्: him/this one
• एनम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; एनद्-प्रयोग)

• घोरैः: with terrible
• घोरैः: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्रूरैः: with cruel
• क्रूरैः: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रूर (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रैषैः: with commands/impulses (dispatches)
• प्रैषैः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रैष (प्रातिपदिक; √इष्/√प्रेष्-सम्बद्ध ‘प्रेषण/आदेश’)

• अभिप्रेष्यामि: I will dispatch/send forth (against)
• अभिप्रेष्यामि: कर्तृ (अहं) + क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-प्र-√इष्/√प्रेष् (प्रेषणे ‘to send/impel/dispatch’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (hymn-cycle attribution; often treated as Atharvanic in ritual manuals)

Devata: Devas as coercive agents; the 'preṣa' itself functions quasi-deity-like as operative force

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (contextual; confirm by full hymn metrical scan)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira