Atharva Veda 7.74.2: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 8, Sukta 74, Mantra 2

Sukta 74

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विध्या॑म्यासां प्रथ॒मां विध्या॑म्यु॒त म॑ध्य॒माम्। इ॒दं ज॑घ॒न्याऽमासा॒मा च्छि॑नद्मि॒ स्तुका॑मिव

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.74.2

IAST Transliteration

vidhyā́my āsā́ṃ prathamā́ṃ vidhyā́my utá madhyamā́m | idáṃ jaghanyā́m āsā́m ā́ chinadmi stukā́m iva ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

I pierce of these the first; I pierce also the middle. This last of these I cut away, as one a tuft (is shorn).

Translation

Przebijam z nich pierwszą; przebijam też środkową. Tę ostatnią z nich odcinam, jak się ścina kępę włosów.

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Word by Word

• विध्यामि: I pierce / I strike / I cut through
• विध्यामि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विध् (विधँ—विधान/विध्वंसन) → विध्य- (धातु-आधारित वर्तमान-प्रयोग)

• आसाम्: of these (women/things)
• आसाम्: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्-प्रातिपदिक (सर्वनाम) → असद्/एतद्-समूह; रूप: आसाम्

• प्रथमाम्: the first
• प्रथमाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम- (प्रातिपदिक)

• विध्यामि: I pierce / I strike
• विध्यामि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विध् (विधँ) → विध्य-

• उत: and also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात)

• मध्यमाम्: the middle (one)
• मध्यमाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मध्यम- (प्रातिपदिक)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)

• जघन्याम्: the last / the lowest
• जघन्याम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जघन्य- (प्रातिपदिक: ‘lowest/last’)

• आसाम्: of these
• आसाम्: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्-प्रातिपदिक (सर्वनाम) → रूप: आसाम्

• आ: towards; forth
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• छिनद्मि: I cut off / I sever
• छिनद्मि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √छिद् (छिदँ—छेदन)

• स्तुकाम्: a tuft / wisp / lock (of hair/grass)
• स्तुकाम्: Karma (upamāna in simile) / object of comparison
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तुका- (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (निपात)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic healer tradition (not specified in supplied excerpt).

Devata: Healing power embodied in the drug and the excisive speech-act.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta