Atharva Veda 12.2.52: Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 52

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रेव॑ पिपतिषति॒ मन॑सा॒ मुहु॒रा व॑र्तते॒ पुनः॑ । क्र॒व्याद् यान॒ग्निर॑न्ति॒काद॑नुवि॒द्वान् वि॒ताव॑ति

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 12.2.52

IAST Transliteration

préva pipatiṣati mánasā múhur ā́ vartate púnaḥ | kravyā́d yā́n agnír ántikād anuvidvā́n vitā́vati

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As though he would dart forward, with his mind he flutters; again and again he turns back once more. The flesh-eaters whom Agni, from close at hand, tracking them out, drives asunder and scatters.

Translation

ముందుకు దూకబోతున్నట్టు—మనసుతో అతడు తడబడుతూ కంపిస్తాడు; మళ్లీ మళ్లీ తిరిగి వస్తాడు. క్రవ్యాద్ (మాంసభక్షకులు) యెవరిని అగ్ని సమీపం నుంచే అనువిద్వాన్ (తడమేసి కనుగొని) విడదీసి చెదరగొట్టి చల్లివేస్తాడో.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward (preverb)
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• इव: as if, like
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• पिपतिषति: desires to fly / wishes to fall upon
• पिपतिषति: Kriyā (verb); Kartā implicit
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (पतति) → desiderative पिपतिषति

• मनसा: with the mind
• मनसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्

• मुहुः: again and again, repeatedly
• मुहुः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः

• आ: towards, back (preverb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• वर्तते: turns, returns, revolves
• वर्तते: Kriyā (verb); Kartā implicit
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (वर्तते)

• पुनः: again, back
• पुनः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• क्रव्याद्: from the flesh-eater (carrion-eater/demon)
• क्रव्याद्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रव्याद् (क्रवि + आद्; prātipadika)

• यान: gone/going (i.e., moving/advancing)
• यान: Karma (as qualifier of the object) / viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: या (to go) → यान (kṛdanta: past passive participle/gerundive-like adjectival use as ‘gone/going’); also used as noun ‘going/vehicle’

• अग्निम्: Agni, fire
• अग्निम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि

• अन्तिकात्: from near, from close by
• अन्तिकात्: Apādāna (source point) / adverbial
• Type: Noun (used adverbially)
• Root: अन्तिक

• अनुविद्वान्: knowing/finding out, having tracked
• अनुविद्वान्: Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
• Type: Adjective (agentive)
• Root: विद् (to know) with अनु- → विद्वस् (PPP/agent noun) → अनुविद्वान्

• वितावति: aids/protects/sets in order (brings to proper state)
• वितावति: Kriyā (verb); Kartā implicit
• Type: Verb
• Root: विता (prātipadika; ‘distribution/arrangement/ordering’ in Vedic) + अव (to protect/aid) → denominative/causative-like verbal formation vitā- + √av

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa (general AV attribution; edition-dependent).

Devata: Agni.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta