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Atharva Veda 12.2.3: Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 3

Sukta 2

निरि॒तो मृ॒त्युं निरृ॑तिं॒ निररा॑तिमजामसि । यो नो॒ द्वेष्टि॒ तम॑द्ध्यग्ने अक्रव्या॒द् यमु॑ द्वि॒ष्मस्तमु॑ ते॒ प्र सु॑वामसि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 12.2.3

nír itó mṛtyúṁ nírṛtiṁ nír arā́tim ajāmasi | yó no dvéṣṭi tám áddhy agne ákravyād yám u dvíṣmas tám u té prá suvāmasi

From hence we drive away Death; we drive away Nirṛti; we drive away hostile ill. Whoso hateth us—him, O Agni, devour, thou that art no flesh-eater; and whom we in turn do hate, him verily to thee we send forth.

จากที่นี่เราขับไล่ความตาย ขับไล่นิรฤติ (Nirṛti) ขับไล่เคราะห์ร้ายอันเป็นศัตรู ผู้ใดเกลียดชังเรา—โอ อัคนี (Agni) ผู้ไม่กินเนื้อ จงกลืนผู้นั้นเสีย และผู้ใดที่เรากลับเกลียดชัง ผู้นั้นแลเราส่งมอบแก่ท่านโดยแท้ ให้ไปเสียเถิด

निरितःfrom Nirṛti (the goddess of destruction/misfortune)
निरितः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootनिरिति (प्रातिपदिक) < निर्-इ (अव्यय/उपसर्ग-समासार्थ) + इति
मृत्युम्death
मृत्युम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
निरृतिम्Nirṛti; ruin, calamity
निरृतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिरृति (प्रातिपदिक)
निररातिम्hostility; harm; enmity
निररातिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिरराति (प्रातिपदिक) < निर् + अराति
अजामसिwe drive away; we remove
अजामसि:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√जम् (जमुँ/जम्) + आ (उपसर्ग)
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःto/for us; our
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
द्वेष्टिhates
द्वेष्टि:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√द्विष् (द्विषँ)
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अद्धिeat! devour!
अद्धि:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√अद् (अदँ)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
अक्रव्याद्the non-flesh-eater (a class of fire/Agni)
अक्रव्याद्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootअक्रव्याद् (प्रातिपदिक) < अ- (निषेध) + क्रव्याद्
यम्whom
यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उindeed; and
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात)
द्विष्मःwe hate
द्विष्मः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√द्विष् (द्विषँ)
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उindeed; and
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात)
तेto/for you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
प्रforth; forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
सुवामसिwe set in motion; we impel/hand over (to you)
सुवामसि:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√सू (सूञ्/सू) + प्र (उपसर्ग) → प्र-√सू

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution for AV 12.2 broadly; specific verse-level r̥ṣi not supplied in the input)

Devata: Agni (as purifier and consumer), with implicit opposition to Mṛtyu and Nirṛti

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV domestic/apotropaic verses; exact scansion may vary by pada)

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra

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