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Atharva Veda 12.2.10: Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 10

Sukta 2

क्र॒व्याद॑म॒ग्निं श॑शमा॒नमु॒क्थ्यं॑१ हि॑णोमि प॒थिभिः॑ पितृ॒याणैः॑ । मा दे॑व॒यानैः॒ पुन॒रा गा॒ अत्रै॒वैधि॑ पि॒तृषु॑ जागृहि॒ त्वम्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 12.2.10

kravyā́dam agníṃ śaśamānáṃ ukthyàṃ hiṇomi pathíbhiḥ pitṛyā́naiḥ | mā́ devayā́naiḥ púnar ā́ gā́ḥ átraiváidhí pitṛ́ṣu jāgṛhi tvám ||

The flesh-devouring Agni, now laid to rest, hymn-worthy, I send by the Fathers’ paths. By the Gods’ paths come not thou back again: there, even there, among the Fathers be thou kindled; among the Fathers keep watch, thou.

మాంసభక్షకుడైన అగ్నిని—ఇప్పుడు శాంతింపజేయబడిన, స్తుత్యుడైనవాడిని—పితృయాన మార్గాల ద్వారా నేను పంపుతున్నాను. దేవయాన మార్గాల ద్వారా మళ్లీ ఇక్కడికి తిరిగి రాకుము; అక్కడే, అక్కడే పితృల మధ్య నీవు ప్రజ్వలించుము; పితృల మధ్యనే నీవు జాగరూకుడై కాపలా కాయుము.

क्रव्यादम्flesh-eating (one)
क्रव्यादम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootक्रव्याद (प्रातिपदिक; क्रवि- ‘कच्चा मांस’ + अद ‘भक्षक’)
अग्निम्Agni; fire
अग्निम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
शशमानम्being appeased/quieted
शशमानम्:
कर्म
TypeParticiple (Adjectival)
Root√शम् (शमुँ उपशमे) → शशमान (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
उक्थ्यम्worthy of hymns/praise
उक्थ्यम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootउक्थ्य (प्रातिपदिक; उक्थ ‘स्तुति/ऋक्’ से)
हिणोमिI impel/drive (send)
हिणोमि:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√हि (हिणोति; प्रेरणे/गत्यर्थे)
पथिभिःby paths/ways
पथिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपथि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मार्ग’)
पितृयाणैःby the ancestral paths (paths of the Fathers)
पितृयाणैः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootपितृयाण (प्रातिपदिक; पितृ + याण ‘गमन/मार्ग’)
माdo not
मा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध)
देवयानैःby the divine paths (paths of the gods)
देवयानैः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootदेवयान (प्रातिपदिक; देव + यान ‘मार्ग’)
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
back; hither
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
गाःgo/come
गाः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (गच्छति) → गा (लोट्/विधिलिङ् रूप)
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
एवindeed; just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
एधिkindle/flourish
एधि:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√इध् (इधँ दीप्तौ/वर्धने) → एधि
पितृषुamong the Fathers/ancestors
पितृषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
जागृहिbe awake; keep watch
जागृहि:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√जागृ (जागर्ति) → जागृहि
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic funerary tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Agni (kravyād); pitṛs as locus; implicit contrast with devas/devayāna.

Chandas: Mixed/triṣṭubh-like (varies by metrical reading).

Primary: shanta

Secondary: bhayankara

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