Atharva Veda 15.2.6: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 6

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

भू॒तं च॑ भवि॒ष्यच्च॑ परिष्क॒न्दौ मनो॑ विप॒थम्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 15.2.6

IAST Transliteration

bhūtáṁ ca bhaviṣyác ca pariṣkandáu máno vipátham

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The been and the to-be, the two that range about; the mind—(let it not go upon) the by-path.

Translation

భూతమూ భవిష్యత్తూ—ఈ రెండూ ఇటూ అటూ సంచరించేవి; మనస్సు (విపథం/తప్పుదారి) వైపు పోకూడదు.

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Word by Word

• भूतम्: the past; what has been
• भूतम्: Karma (object; with implied verb like ‘knows/contains/has’)
• Type: Noun (used adjectivally) / Kṛdanta
• Root: भूत (√भू) [PPP as prātipadika]

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भविष्यत्: the future; what will be
• भविष्यत्: Karma (object; coordinated with भूतम्)
• Type: Noun (used adjectivally) / Kṛdanta
• Root: भविष्यत् (√भू; future active participle as prātipadika)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• परिष्कन्दौ: the two ‘roamers/assailants’ (paired forces)
• परिष्कन्दौ: Karma (object; dual entity ‘the two roaming/assailing ones’)
• Type: Noun (dual) / Kṛdanta-derived stem
• Root: परिष्कन्द (प्रātipadika; from pari- + √स्कन्द ‘to leap/assail/roam’)

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karma (object; ‘mind’ as that which is affected/known)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रātipadika)

• विपथम्: wrong path; deviation; by-path
• विपथम्: Karma (object; ‘wrong path’ / ‘deviation’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: विपथ (वि- + पथ) (प्रātipadika)

Attribution

Rishi: Vratya-corpus attribution (variable in lists).

Devata: Temporal totality (bhūta/bhaviṣyat) and Manas (mind) as operative power.

Chandas: Non-classical/irregular (short catalogic segment).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta