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Atharva Veda 12.2.4: Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 4

Sukta 2

यद्य॒ग्निः क्र॒व्याद् यदि॑ वा व्या॒घ्र इ॒मं गो॒ष्ठं प्र॑वि॒वेशान्यो॑काः । तं माषा॑ज्यं कृ॒त्वा प्र हि॑णोमि दू॒रं स ग॑च्छत्वप्सु॒षदोऽप्य॒ग्नीन्

yády agníḥ kravyā́d yádi vā vyāghrá imáṁ góṣṭhaṁ prá viveśā́nyokāḥ | táṁ māṣā́jyaṁ kṛtvā́ prá hiṇomi dūráṁ sá gácchatv apsuṣádo 'py agní́n

If Agni, flesh-devouring, or if a tiger, an alien-dweller, hath entered this cowshed, him—having made the bean-and-ghee—do I drive forth afar: let him depart unto the water-seated fires.

క్రవ్యాద్ అగ్ని గానీ, లేదా ఇతరస్థాన నివాసి అయిన వ్యాఘ్రం గానీ ఈ గోష్ఠంలో ప్రవేశించి ఉంటే, నేను మాష-ఆజ్యం (మాష/ఉద్దు పప్పు మరియు నెయ్యి) సిద్ధం చేసి అతనిని దూరంగా తరిమివేస్తాను; అతడు అప్సు-షద్ (నీటిలో స్థితమైన) అగ్నుల వద్దకు వెళ్లుగాక.

यदिif
यदि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि
अग्निःAgni; fire
अग्निः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
क्रव्याद्flesh-eating (esp. a baleful fire/cremation-fire)
क्रव्याद्:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootक्रव्याद् (क्रवि-आद्) / क्रव्याद
यदिif
यदि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
व्याघ्रःtiger
व्याघ्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootव्याघ्र
इमम्this
इमम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
गोष्टम्cowshed; cattle-pen
गोष्टम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगोष्ट
प्रविवेशhas entered
प्रविवेश:
TypeVerb
Root√विश्
अन्योकाःone whose dwelling is elsewhere; a stranger
अन्योकाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively) / Noun-compound
Rootअन्य-ओकस्
तम्him/that (one)
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
माषाज्यम्bean-ghee; ghee mixed/associated with black-gram (māṣa)
माषाज्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootमाष-आज्य
कृत्वाhaving made/prepared
कृत्वा:
TypeVerbal derivative
Root√कृ
प्रforth; away
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable (preverb) / particle
Rootप्र
हिindeed
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
हिणोमिI drive/send
हिणोमि:
TypeVerb
Root√हि (हिणोति) / √हिन् (प्रेरणे/गत्यर्थे)
दूरम्far away
दूरम्:
TypeAdverb (from noun/adj.)
Rootदूर
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
गच्छतुlet (him) go
गच्छतु:
TypeVerb
Root√गम्
अप्सुin the waters
अप्सु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअप्
षदःdwelling/sitting (there)
षदः:
Kartā
TypeKṛdanta (agent noun)
Root√सद्
अपिalso; even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
अग्नीन्fires (Agni-powers)
अग्नीन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (AV 12.2 complex)

Devata: Agni (in dangerous ‘kravyād’ aspect) and the banishing ‘apṣuṣad’ fires; also implicit predator-force (vyāghra)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely; requires metrical verification)

Primary: vira

Secondary: bhayankara

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