Atharva Veda 4.40.7: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 40, Mantra 7

Sukta 40

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

य उ॒परि॑ष्टा॒ज्जुह्व॑ति जातवेद ऊ॒र्ध्वाया॑ दि॒शोऽभि॒दास॑न्त्य॒स्मान्। सूर्य॑मृ॒त्वा ते परा॑ञ्चो व्यथन्तां प्र॒त्यगे॑नान् प्रतिस॒रेण॑ हन्मि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 4.40.7

IAST Transliteration

yé uparíṣṭāj juhváti jātáveda ūrdhvā́yā diśó ’bhidā́santy asmā́n | sū́ryam ṛtvā́ té parā́ñco vyathantāṃ pratyagé́nān pratisaréṇa hanmi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso from above maketh offering, O Jātavedas,—the upper regions assail us: taking the Sun for the effective stay, let them, turned away, be shaken; with the returning counter-force, with the Pratisara, I smite them down.

Translation

Ktokolwiek z góry składa ofiarę, o Dżatawedasie, regiony górne nas atakują: przyjmując Słońce jako skuteczną podporę, niech oni, odwróceni, zostaną wstrząśnięci; z powracającą siłą przeciwstawną, z Pratisarą, uderzam ich w dół.

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Word by Word

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

• उपरिष्टात्: from above, overhead
• उपरिष्टात्: अधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि + -ष्टात् (अव्यय-निर्माण)

• जुह्वति: they offer (pour as oblation)
• जुह्वति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (जुहोति)

• जातवेदः: O Jātavedas (Agni, knower of births)
• जातवेदः: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative title)
• Root: जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; अग्नि-विशेषण)

• ऊर्ध्वायाः: of the upper
• ऊर्ध्वायाः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्ध्व (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• दिशः: direction (quarter)
• दिशः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभिदासन्ति: they assail, they harm
• अभिदासन्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + दस् (दासति/दसति ‘to harm, assail’)

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सूर्यम्: the Sun
• सूर्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋत्वा: having reached/attained
• ऋत्वा: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया
• Type: Verbal indeclinable (gerund)
• Root: ऋ (ऋणोति/ऋच्छति—here as absolutive ‘having gone/attained’)

• ते: they (those)
• ते: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पराञ्चः: turned away, facing away
• पराञ्चः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराञ्च् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• व्यथन्ताम्: let them be distressed / be shaken
• व्यथन्ताम्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यथ् (व्यथते)

• प्रत्यगेनान्: turned back (towards), facing back
• प्रत्यगेनान्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यग् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रतिसरेण: with the amulet / counter-charm
• प्रतिसरेण: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिसर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘amulet, counter-charm’)

• हन्मि: I strike, I slay
• हन्मि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (हन्ति)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (attribution uncertain)

Devata: Agni Jātavedas; Sūrya; directions

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (anuṣṭubh-like)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta