Atharva Veda 11.2.7: Kanda 11, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 7

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अस्त्रा॒ नील॑शिखण्डेन सहस्रा॒क्षेण॑ वा॒जिना॑ । रु॒द्रेणा॑र्धकघा॒तिना॒ तेन॒ मा सम॑रामहि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 11.2.7

IAST Transliteration

astrā́ nī́laśikhaṇḍena sahasrākṣéṇa vājínā | rudréṇārdhakaghātínā ténā mā sám āramahi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With weapons—with the blue-crested, the thousand-eyed, the swift— with Rudra, the half-slayer: with him may we confront (the peril) for my defence.

Translation

అస్త్రాలతో—నీలశిఖండధారి, సహస్రాక్షుడు, వేగవంతుడు—రుద్రుడు, అర్ధఘాతకుడు—అతనితోనే మేము (ఈ ప్రమాదాన్ని) ఎదుర్కొందుము, నా రక్షణార్థం.

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Word by Word

• अस्त्रा: with a weapon; by a missile/weapon
• अस्त्रा: Karaṇa (साधन/उपकरण-भावः; ‘अस्त्रेण’ इत्यर्थे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• नीलशिखण्डेन: with the blue-crested one (blue-tufted/blue-plumed)
• नीलशिखण्डेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: नीलशिखण्ड (समास-प्रातिपदिक: नील + शिखण्ड)

• सहस्राक्षेण: with the thousand-eyed one
• सहस्राक्षेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: सहस्राक्ष (समास-प्रातिपदिक: सहस्र + अक्ष)

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• आजिना: with the swift one / with the racer
• आजिना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: आजिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• रुद्रेण: with Rudra
• रुद्रेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्धकघातिना: with the half-slayer/half-striker (one who strikes down partially)
• अर्धकघातिना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective (agentive epithet)
• Root: अर्धकघातिन् (समास-प्रातिपदिक: अर्धक + घातिन्)

• तेन: with that; by him/it
• तेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: me
• मा: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• सम्: together; completely (prefix)
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (prefix)
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग)

• अरामहि: we may delight/bring into harmony; we may make (you) favorable to me
• अरामहि: Kartā (अस्मद्-कर्तृकः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रम् (धातु; आत्मनेपद) + सम्

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Rudra/Bhava (fierce protective aspect)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra