Atharva Veda 2.15.4: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 15, Mantra 4

Sukta 15

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यथा॒ ब्रह्म॑ च क्ष॒त्रं च॒ न बि॑भी॒तो न रिष्य॑तः । ए॒वा मे॑ प्राण॒ मा बि॑भेः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.15.4

IAST Transliteration

yáthā bráhma ca kṣatráṃ ca ná bibhītó ná riṣyátaḥ | evā́ me prāṇá mā́ bibheḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Even as the Brahman-power and the Kṣatra-power have not feared, nor are they harmed—so, for me, O Breath of life, be not afraid.

Translation

यथा ब्रह्म च क्षत्रं च न बिभीतो न रिष्यतः । एवम् मे प्राण मा बिभेः ॥

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Word by Word

• यथा: just as, as
• यथा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• ब्रह्म: brahman; sacred power / priesthood
• ब्रह्म: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• क्षत्रम्: kṣatra; royal power / kingship
• क्षत्रम्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• बिभीतः: fears / has feared
• बिभीतः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भी (धातु)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• रिष्यतः: (the two) are harmed / suffer
• रिष्यतः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रिष् (धातु)

• एव: just so, indeed
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• मे: my / for me
• मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• प्राण: O prāṇa (life-breath)
• प्राण: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• बिभेः: fear
• बिभेः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भी (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (seer not specified in the supplied excerpt; commonly transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages for such charms)

Devata: Prāṇa (vital breath), supported by the paradigmatic powers brahman and kṣatra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (8+8+8+8, with Atharvanic cadence)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta