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Atharva Veda 2.19.3: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 19, Mantra 3

Sukta 19

अग्ने॒ यत् ते॒ऽर्चिस्तेन॒ तं प्रत्य॑र्च॒ यो॒३स्मान् द्वेष्टि॒ यं व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 2.19.3

ágne yát te ’rcís ténā táṃ práty-arcá yó ’smā́n dvéṣṭi yáṃ vayáṃ dvíṣmaḥ

O Agni, with that flame of thine, blaze thou back upon him—who hateth us, whom we do hate.

О Агни, тем пламенем твоим воспылай в ответ на него — на того, кто ненавидит нас, кого ненавидим мы.

अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun (address) / Proper noun
Rootअग्नि
यत्that which
यत्:
कर्म (of प्रत्यर्च) / सम्बन्ध (relative)
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
तेof you / your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
अर्चिःflame, radiance
अर्चिः:
कर्तृ (of implied अस्ति) / सम्बन्ध (to यत्)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्चिस्
तेनwith that / by that
तेन:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
तम्him
तम्:
कर्म (of प्रत्यर्च)
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
प्रत्यर्चstrike back at / retaliate against (with flame)
प्रत्यर्च:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootप्रति + अर्च्
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (of द्वेष्टि)
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
अस्मान्us
अस्मान्:
कर्म (of द्वेष्टि)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
द्वेष्टिhates
द्वेष्टि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootद्विष्
यम्whom
यम्:
कर्म (of द्विष्मः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ (of द्विष्मः)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
द्विष्मःhate
द्विष्मः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootद्विष्

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi attribution for this verse is not securely determinable from the single mantra alone)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (exact metrical diagnosis requires full hymn context and pada scansion)

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira

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