Atharva Veda 2.12.5: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 5

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

द्यावा॑पृथिवी॒ अनु॒ मा दी॑धीथां॒ विश्वे॑ देवासो॒ अनु॒ मा र॑भध्वम्। अङ्गि॑रसः॒ पित॑रः॒ सोम्या॑सः पा॒पमार्छ॑त्वपका॒मस्य॑ क॒र्ता

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.12.5

IAST Transliteration

dyā́vā-pṛthivī́ ánu mā dī́dhīthāṃ víśve devāso ánu mā rabhadhvam | áṅgirasaḥ pítaraḥ sómyāḥ pāpám archatu apakā́masya kartā́ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Heaven and Earth, in due course shine ye upon me; all ye Gods, in due course lay hold on me. Ye Angirases, ye Fathers, Soma-linked: let the evil pass away—unto the maker of harm, the ill-wisher’s agent.

Translation

Céu e Terra, conforme a ordem, resplandecei sobre mim; vós todos, Deuses, conforme a ordem, amparai-me. Ó Aṅgiras, Pais ligados ao Soma: que o mal se afaste — para o autor do dano, para o agente do malquerente.

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Word by Word

• द्यावापृथिवी: O Heaven-and-Earth
• द्यावापृथिवी: सम्बोधन (आह्वान) / कर्तृ-सदृश (आशीर्वाद/निषेध-वाक्ये)
• Type: Noun (dvandva) / Proper pair
• Root: द्यौ- (प्रातिपदिक) + पृथिवी- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: after; in accordance with; following
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

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

• दीधीथाम्: (you two) injure/harm (me)
• दीधीथाम्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) [दीधी- = धा-धातोः दीर्घ-आभ्यासयुक्तः (वेदिक-रूप)]

• विश्वे: all
• विश्वे: सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवासः: O gods
• देवासः: सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: after; in accordance with
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

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

• रभध्वम्: (you all) seize/assail (me)
• रभध्वम्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: रभ् (धातु) [आ-रभ् ‘to seize, attack’]

• अङ्गिरसः: O Aṅgirases
• अङ्गिरसः: सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
• Type: Noun (proper/lineage name)
• Root: अङ्गिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पितरः: O Fathers (ancestors)
• पितरः: सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• सोम्यासः: O Soma-loving/connected-with-Soma (ones)
• सोम्यासः: सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सोम्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• पापम्: sin; evil
• पापम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्चतु: let (it/he) praise/chant
• अर्चतु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)

• अपकामस्य: of one who has ill-will / hostile desire
• अपकामस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Adjective/Noun (genitive qualifier)
• Root: अपकाम (प्रातिपदिक) [अप- + काम]

• कर्ताः: the doer; perpetrator
• कर्ताः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Angiras/Atharvanic tradition (hymn-level r̥ṣi attribution needed for certainty)

Devata: Dyāvāpṛthivī; Viśve Devāḥ; Angirases; Pitṛs (collective protective agencies)

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh or mixed (requires full hymn metrical scan; single-verse evidence insufficient)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira