Atharva Veda 1.7.3: Kanda 1, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 3

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वि ल॑पन्तु यातु॒धाना॑ अ॒त्त्रिणो॒ ये कि॑मी॒दिनः॑ । अथे॒दम॑ग्ने नो ह॒विरिन्द्र॑श्च प्रति॑ हर्यतम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 1.7.3

IAST Transliteration

ví lápantu yātudhā́nā attríṇo yé kimī́dinaḥ | áthédám agne no havír índraś ca práti haryatam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let the Yātudhānas wail apart—those devourers, whoso are the Kīmīdins. Then do ye, O Agni, and Indra, accept in turn this oblation of ours.

Translation

จงให้ยาตุธานทั้งหลาย ผู้เป็นภัยกินคน ผู้เป็นกิมีทิน ร้องไห้กระจายไป และบัดนั้น โอ้ พระอัคนีและพระอินทร์ จงทรงรับเครื่องบูชานี้ของพวกข้าพเจ้า

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Word by Word

• वि: apart, asunder (intensifying/separative prefix)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (upasarga)

• लपन्तु: let them lament / wail
• लपन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: लप्

• यातुधानाः: the sorcerers / demon-like beings (yātudhānas)
• यातुधानाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातुधान (प्रातिपदिक)

• अत्त्रिणः: the devourers / eaters
• अत्त्रिणः: Kartā (appositional to यातुधानाः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्त्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ये: who
• ये: Kartā (relative clause; co-referential with यातुधानाः/अत्त्रिणः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (relative pronoun)

• किमीदिनः: the kīmīdins (harmful beings; lit. ‘worm/creature-eaters’/a class of demons)
• किमीदिनः: Kartā (further apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किमीदिन (प्रातिपदिक)

• अथ: then, now
• अथ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (particle)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (demonstrative pronoun)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: of us / our
• नः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (enclitic pronoun)

• हविः: oblation
• हविः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā (with implied dual agency with Agni in the imperative request)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (conjunction)

• प्रति: back, in return; towards
• प्रति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (upasarga/indeclinable)

• हर्यतम्: you two bring/carry (back)
• हर्यतम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Āṅgiras lineages for rakṣohā material; specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on anukramaṇī tradition).

Devata: Agni and Indra (with hostile beings—yātudhānas/kīmīdins—as the adversarial target).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of 8 syllables; standard for Atharvanic apotropaic verse).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta