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Atharva Veda 12.2.54: Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 54

Sukta 2

इ॒षीकां॒ जर॑तीमि॒ष्ट्वा ति॒ल्पिञ्जं॒ दण्ड॑नं न॒डम्। तमिन्द्र॑ इ॒ध्मं कृ॒त्वा य॒मस्या॒ग्निं नि॒राद॑धौ

iṣī́kāṃ járatīm iṣṭvā́ tilpíñjaṃ dáṇḍanaṃ naḍám | tám índraḥ́ idhmáṃ kṛtvā́ yám asyāgníṃ nir-ā́dadhau

A withered reed he worshipped, and tilpiñja-grass, and reed-stalk as a staff: that Indra, making it kindling-fuel, set forth as Yama’s fire and duly laid it down.

వాడిపోయిన ఈషీకా (నలము)ను అతడు పూజించి, తిల్పిఞ్జ గడ్డిని, నడము (నలము)ను దండంగా తీసుకున్నాడు. దానిని ఇంద్రుడు ఇధ్మం (జ్వాలనికట్ట)గా చేసి, యమస్య అగ్నిగా విధిపూర్వకంగా స్థాపించాడు.

इषीकाम्a reed/arrow-shaft (a slender stalk)
इषीकाम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootइषीका (प्रातिपदिक)
जरतीम्old, aged
जरतीम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootजरत् (प्रातिपदिक; √जॄ/जरा ‘to grow old’ से)
इष्ट्वाhaving worshipped / having offered
इष्ट्वा:
TypeVerb
Root√यज् (इष्‍ट्वा = त्वान्त-क्त्वा अव्ययकृदन्त)
तिल्पिञ्जम्a kind of grass/reed (tilpiñja)
तिल्पिञ्जम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootतिल्पिञ्ज (प्रातिपदिक)
दण्डनम्a staff/rod (stick)
दण्डनम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootदण्डन (प्रातिपदिक; दण्ड ‘staff’ से)
नडम्reed, cane
नडम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootनड (प्रातिपदिक)
तम्that (it/him)
तम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
इध्मम्fuel, firewood
इध्मम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootइध्म (प्रातिपदिक)
कृत्वाhaving made
कृत्वा:
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (क्त्वा अव्ययकृदन्त)
यमस्यof Yama
यमस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootयम (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निम्fire (Agni)
अग्निम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
निरादधौhe set down/placed (established)
निरादधौ:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootनि-आ-√धा (धातु; लिट्/परस्मैपद)

Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous (not explicit in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Indra (agent exemplar) and Yama (jurisdictional locus of the fire)

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh-like (two pādas shown; full metrical certainty requires full pada-count verification)

Primary: karuna

Secondary: shanta

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