Atharva Veda 7.64.2: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 7, Sukta 64, Mantra 2

Sukta 64

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इ॒दं यत् कृ॒ष्णः श॒कुनि॑र॒वामृ॑क्षन्निरृते ते॒ मुखे॑न । अ॒ग्निर्मा॒ तस्मा॒देन॑सो॒ गार्ह॑पत्यः॒ प्र मु॑ञ्चतु

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.64.2

IAST Transliteration

idáṃ yát kṛṣṇáḥ śakúnir avā́mṛkṣan nirṛ́te te múkhena | agnír mā́ tásmād énaso gā́rhapatyaḥ prá muñcatu ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This—when the black bird of omen hath rubbed (defiled) with its mouth, as of Nirṛti—may Agni, the Household Fire, from that guilt set me wholly free.

Translation

Isto—que a ave negra de mau agouro maculou com o seu bico, como pela boca de Nirṛti—que Agni, o Fogo do lar (Gārhapatya), me solte por inteiro dessa culpa.

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Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (उद्दिष्ट-वस्तु)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: which/that
• यत्: Karma (सम्बन्ध-निर्देश)
• Type: Pronoun/Relative
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कृष्णः: the black (one)
• कृष्णः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• शकुनिः: bird/omen-bird
• शकुनिः: Kartā (कृष्णः शकुनिः = कर्तृसमासार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुनि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अव: down/away (as a preverb)
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: अव (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अमृक्षत्: rubbed/smeared
• अमृक्षत्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृक्ष् (धातु) + अव-

• निरृते: to Nirṛti (goddess of destruction/misfortune)
• निरृते: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (deity/abstraction)
• Root: निरृति (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मुखेन: with (his/its) mouth
• मुखेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निः: Agni (fire)
• अग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: not; may (it) not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय-निषेध)

• तस्मात्: from that
• तस्मात्: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एनसः: from sin/evil
• एनसः: Apādāna (तस्मात् एनसः = ‘from that sin/evil’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• गार्हपत्यः: the Gārhapatya (household) fire
• गार्हपत्यः: Kartā (अग्निः … गार्हपत्यः)
• Type: Adjective (epithet of Agni)
• Root: गार्हपत्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth; away (intensively)
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• मुञ्चतु: let (him) release/free
• मुञ्चतु: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) + प्र-

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in supplied excerpt)

Devata: Agni Gārhapatya (domestic fire) and implicitly Nirṛti as the evil to be repelled

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta