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Atharva Veda 9.4.17: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 17

Sukta 4

शृङ्गा॑भ्यां॒ रक्ष॑ ऋष॒त्यव॑र्तिं हन्ति॒ चक्षु॑षा । शृ॒णोति॑ भ॒द्रं कर्णा॑भ्यां॒ गवां॒ यः पति॑र॒घ्न्यः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 9.4.17

śṛ́ṅgābhyāṁ rákṣa ṛṣáty àvartiṁ hánti cákṣuṣā | śṛṇóti bhadráṁ kárṇābhyāṁ gávāṁ yáḥ pátir aghnyáḥ ||

With his two horns he smites the fiend that would assail; with his eye he slays the repulse. With his two ears he hearkens after good—he who is lord of kine, the inviolable.

తన రెండు కొమ్ములతో అతడు దాడి చేయబోయే రక్షస్/దుష్టశక్తిని కొడతాడు; తన కంటితో ‘అవర్తి’ (avarti—ప్రతిఘాతం/నిరోధం) ను సంహరిస్తాడు. తన రెండు చెవులతో మంగళాన్ని వింటాడు—అతడు గోవుల అధిపతి; ‘అఘ్న్య’ (aghnya—వధించరాని/అహింస్యుడు).

शृङ्गाभ्याम्with (two) horns
शृङ्गाभ्याम्:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootशृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
रक्षःthe demon, evil spirit
रक्षः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋषतिrushes/attacks
ऋषति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootऋष् (धातु)
अवर्तिम्the (harmful) turning/whirl; obstruction
अवर्तिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअवर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
हन्तिstrikes, kills, destroys
हन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु)
चक्षुषाwith the eye/sight
चक्षुषा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootचक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
शृणोतिhe hears
शृणोति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
भद्रम्what is auspicious/good
भद्रम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively) / Noun
Rootभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
कर्णाभ्याम्with (two) ears
कर्णाभ्याम्:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootकर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
गवाम्of cows
गवाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) / अधिकरण-सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्ध-प्रदर्शक) / कर्ता
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पतिःlord, master
पतिः:
कर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootपति (प्रातिपदिक)
अघ्न्यःnot to be slain; inviolable (esp. of the cow)
अघ्न्यः:
विशेषण (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअघ्न्य (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasic attribution (per anukramaṇī for AV 9.4).

Devata: Ṛṣabha / Go-pati (bull/cattle-lord) as protective power; anti-Rakṣas function.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; confirm by metrical count).

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta

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