Atharva Veda 1.19.4: Kanda 1, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 19, Mantra 4

Sukta 19

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यः स॒पत्नो॒ योऽस॑पत्नो॒ यश्च॑ द्वि॒षन् छपा॑ति नः । दे॒वास्तं सर्वे॑ धूर्वन्तु॒ ब्रह्म॒ वर्म॒ ममान्त॑रम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 1.19.4

IAST Transliteration

yáḥ sapátno yó ’sápatno yáś ca dvíṣan chápāti naḥ | devā́s táṃ sárve dhūrvantu bráhma várma mamā́ntaram ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso is rival, or whoso is no rival yet, and whoso, hating, curseth us,—him may all the Gods together crush away: within me is the Brahman, as an armour.

Translation

ไม่ว่าเขาจะเป็นศัตรู หรือยังมิใช่ศัตรู และผู้ใดก็ตามที่เกลียดชังแล้วสาปแช่งเรา—ขอเทพทั้งปวงพร้อมกันบดขยี้และขับไล่เขาเถิด. ภายในเรามีพรหมัน (Brahman) เป็นเกราะคุ้มกัน.

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Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: कर्तृ (छपाति इत्यस्य)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सपत्नः: a rival, enemy
• सपत्नः: कर्तृ-विशेषणम् (यः इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सपत्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ (छपाति इत्यस्य)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• असपत्नः: one without a rival; non-rival (even a seeming friend)
• असपत्नः: कर्तृ-विशेषणम् (यः इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असपत्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ (छपाति इत्यस्य)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• द्विषन्: hating; hostile
• द्विषन्: कर्तृ-विशेषणम् (यः इत्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective (present participle)
• Root: द्विष् (धातु) → द्विषन्त् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• छपाति: injures/harms (works malice against)
• छपाति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: छप् (धातु) / छपाय् (धातु) (वैदिकः)

• नः: us; our
• नः: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (अर्थतः ‘अस्माकम्/अस्मभ्यम्’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: कर्तृ (धूर्वन्तु इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• तम्: him
• तम्: कर्म (धूर्वन्तु इत्यस्य)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: कर्तृ-विशेषणम् (देवाः इत्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• धूर्वन्तु: may they drive away/repel
• धूर्वन्तु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: धूर्व्/धुर्व् (धातु) (वैदिकः)

• ब्रह्म: sacred power; holy utterance (brahman)
• ब्रह्म: कर्तृ/उपपद-भावः (वर्म इत्यस्य विशेषण/सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्म: armor; protective covering
• वर्म: कर्तृ (अस्ति/भवतु इति लुप्त-क्रियायाः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मम: my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (वर्म इत्यस्य)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• अन्तरम्: within; interior
• अन्तरम्: अधिकरण/विशेष्य (अर्थतः ‘अन्तः/अन्तरे’ = within)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer (traditionally Atharvan/Angiras-type attribution for rakṣā hymns; specific r̥ṣi assignment depends on Anukramaṇī tradition).

Devata: Viśve Devāḥ (All the Gods); additionally ‘Brahman’ personified as protective power.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; common for compact apotropaic verses in AV—confirmable against pada/chandas indices).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra