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Atharva Veda 15.2.21: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 21

Sukta 2

अह॑श्च॒ रात्री॑ च परिष्क॒न्दौ मनो॑ विप॒थम्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 15.2.21

áhaś ca rā́trī ca pariṣkandáu máno vipátham

Day and Night are the two encircling assailants; the mind (is prone to) the wrong path.

పగలు, రాత్రి—ఇద్దరు ‘పరిష్కంద’ (చుట్టుముట్టి దాడిచేసేవారు); మనస్సు (విపథానికి) తప్పుదారికి వాలుతుంది.

अहःday
अहः:
Kartā (समुच्चितः) / वा कर्म (सन्दर्भानुसार)
TypeNoun
Rootअहन्- (प्रातिपदिक)
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
रात्रीnight
रात्री:
Kartā (समुच्चितः) / वा कर्म (सन्दर्भानुसार)
TypeNoun
Rootरात्रि-/रात्री- (प्रातिपदिक)
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
परिष्कन्दौthe two roaming/leaping ones (i.e., Day and Night)
परिष्कन्दौ:
Kartā
TypeNoun (agentive) / Adjective
Rootपरि-√स्कन्द् (धातु) → परिष्कन्द- (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; ‘one who leaps/roams around’)
मनःmind
मनः:
Karma (यस्य गमनं/प्रवृत्तिः) / वा Kartā (सन्दर्भानुसार)
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
विपथम्wrong path, bypath
विपथम्:
Karma (गन्तव्यः/प्राप्यः पथः) / Adhikaraṇa (मार्ग-रूपेण, सन्दर्भानुसार)
TypeNoun
Rootवि-पथ- (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: As in AV 15.2 catalogue tradition (variable).

Devata: Ahaḥ and Rātrī (Day and Night) as paired powers; secondary focus on Manas (mind).

Chandas: Truncated/elliptical; catalogue-style.

Primary: bhayankara

Secondary: shanta

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