Atharva Veda 4.36.3: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 36, Mantra 3

Sukta 36

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

य आ॑ग॒रे मृ॒गय॑न्ते प्रतिक्रो॒शेऽमावा॒स्ये। क्र॒व्यादो॑ अ॒न्यान् दिप्स॑तः॒ सर्वां॒स्तान्त्सह॑सा सहे

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 4.36.3

IAST Transliteration

yá ā́gare mṛgáyante pratikróśe ’māvā́syè | kravyā́do anyā́n dípsataḥ sárvāṁs tā́nt sáhasā sahé ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso at the homestead prowl a-hunting, at the alarm-cry, on the New-moon night—those flesh-devourers that, craving other men for prey, I, by sheer force, overpower them all.

Translation

Ktokolwiek na podwórzu poluje, przy okrzyku alarmu, w noc nowiu - ci pożeracze ciała, pragnący innych ludzi jako zdobyczy, wszystkich ich samą siłą pokonuję.

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Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आगरे: in the house/home
• आगरे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: आगर (प्रातिपदिक)

• मृगयन्ते: they hunt/seek
• मृगयन्ते: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृगय् (धातु; मृगयते = hunt/seek)

• प्रतिक्रोशे: at/within a call’s distance (nearby)
• प्रतिक्रोशे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिक्रोश (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमावास्ये: on the new-moon night
• अमावास्ये: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमावास्या (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्रव्यादः: flesh-eaters (ghouls/demons)
• क्रव्यादः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रव्याद (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्यान्: others
• अन्यान्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective/Pronoun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिप्सतः: desiring to harm/deceive
• दिप्सतः: कर्तृ (क्रव्यादः-सम्बद्धम्)
• Type: Verb (participial)
• Root: दभ्/दिप्स् (इच्छार्थक-धातु; desiderative sense ‘to wish to harm/deceive’)

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

• तान्: them
• तान्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सहसा: with force, violently
• सहसा: करण
• Type: Noun (instrumental adverbial)
• Root: सहस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सहे: I overpower / I subdue
• सहे: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सह् (धातु; ‘to overpower/endure’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (rakṣoghna seer; specific r̥ṣi not stated in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Rakṣas/Piśāca/Kravyād (as adversaries); the effective agent is the mantra’s ‘sahas’ (coercive power)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; common for AV apotropaic verses)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: bhayankara