Atharva Veda 2.7.4: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 4

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

परि॒ मां परि॑ मे प्र॒जां परि॑ णः पाहि॒ यद्धन॑म्। अरा॑तिर्नो॒ मा ता॑री॒न्मा न॑स्तारि॒षुर॒भिमा॑तयः

IAST Transliteration

pári mā́m pári me prajā́m pári ṇaḥ pāhi yád dhánam | arā́tir no mā́ tā́rīn mā́ nas tāriṣúr abhímātayaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Round about me, round about my progeny, round about us—guard thou whatever wealth there is. Let not malignity overpass us; let not the plotters pass beyond us.

Translation

Ao redor de mim, ao redor da minha descendência, ao redor de nós — guarda toda a riqueza que houver. Que a maldade não nos ultrapasse; que os conspiradores não passem além de nós.

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Word by Word

• परि: around, on all sides
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि

• माम्: me
• माम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्

• परि: around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि

• मे: my, of me
• मे: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्

• प्रजाम्: offspring, progeny
• प्रजाम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा

• परि: around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि

• नः: our, of us
• नः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• पाहि: protect!
• पाहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (पालने)

• यत्: whatever, that which
• यत्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्

• धनम्: wealth, property
• धनम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन

• अरातिः: hostility, harm; hostile power
• अरातिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अराति

• नः: of us, our
• नः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• तातारीत्: may it not cross/overcome
• तातारीत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (तरणे)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• नः: us
• नः: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• तारिषुः: may they not cross/overcome
• तारिषुः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (तरणे)

• अभिमातयः: assailants, hostile attacks/enmities
• अभिमातयः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिमाति

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (seer not specified in the provided excerpt; commonly transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras strata for rakṣā hymns)

Devata: General protective power (rakṣā); implicitly the invoked guardian-force addressed by pāhi (‘protect!’)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (8+8+8+8, typical of Atharvanic protective verses)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira