Atharva Veda 5.6.2: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 2

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अना॑प्ता॒ ये वः॑ प्रथ॒मा यानि॒ कर्मा॑णि चक्रि॒रे। वी॒रान् नो॒ अत्र मा द॑भ॒न् तद् व॑ ए॒तत् पु॒रो द॑धे

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 5.6.2

IAST Transliteration

anā́ptā yé vaḥ prathamā́ yā́ni kármāṇi cakriré | vīrā́n no átra mā́ dabhan tád va etád puró dadhe ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Unattaining were they, the first of you, who wrought those works: let them not here beguile our heroes; this very thing I set before you as a fore-guard.

Translation

Nie osiągnęli celu ci, którzy byli pierwsi spośród was i dokonali tych czynów: niechaj tu nie zwodzą naszych bohaterów; tę właśnie rzecz kładę przed wami jako straż przednią.

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Word by Word

• अना॑प्ताः: not attained / not reached (i.e., unsuccessful)
• अना॑प्ताः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्-आप्त (प्रा. ‘आप्त’ < √आप् ‘to obtain’ with privative अन्-)

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

• वः: of you / your
• वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• प्रथ॒माः: first (earliest)
• प्रथ॒माः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)

• यानि: which (things)
• यानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कर्माणि: deeds, acts
• कर्माणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्रिरे: they have done / they did
• चक्रिरे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करणे)

• वीरान्: heroes, brave men
• वीरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: our / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• दभन्: let them not harm / may they not injure
• दभन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दभ् (हिंसायाम्/द्रोहे; ‘to harm, deceive’)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: to you / for you
• वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरः: in front, beforehand
• पुरः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरस् (अव्ययीभाव/उपसर्गवत् अव्यय)

• दधे: I have placed / I set
• दधे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (धारणे/निधाने)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (uncertain at verse-level)

Devata: Brahman/mantra as protective force (implicit); addressed adversaries as hostile agents

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta