Atharva Veda 12.2.34 — Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 34

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒पा॒वृत्य॒ गार्ह॑पत्यात् क्र॒व्यादा॒ प्रेत॑ दक्षि॒णा। प्रि॒यं पि॒तृभ्य॑ आ॒त्मने॑ ब्र॒ह्मभ्यः॑ कृणुता प्रि॒यम्

IAST Transliteration

apā́vṛtya gā́rhapatyāt kravyā́dāt prá ita dakṣiṇā́ | priyáṃ pitṛ́bhya ātmáne bráhmabhyaḥ kṛṇuta priyám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Having turned away from the Household Fire the flesh-devouring power, go forth to the right: make ye what is dear for the Fathers, dear for oneself, dear for the Brahmans.

Translation

เมื่อหันออกจากไฟประจำเรือน (Gārhapatya) แล้ว ขออำนาจผู้กินเนื้อ (kravyād) จงออกไปทางขวาเถิด. จงกระทำสิ่งอันเป็นที่รักแก่บรรพชน (Pitṛ) แก่ตนเอง และแก่พราหมณ์ (Brāhmaṇa) ให้เป็นที่รักเถิด.

Word by Word

• अपावृत्य: having turned away / having removed
• अपावृत्य: Karaṇa (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण—‘अपावृत्य’ = ‘अपसार्य/निवार्य’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप-√वृत् (वर्तते/वृणोति) → क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय

• गार्हपत्यात्: from the Gārhapatya (household fire)
• गार्हपत्यात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: गार्हपत्य (प्रातिपदिक; गार्हपत्य-अग्नि/गार्हपत्यस्थान)

• क्रव्यादः: the flesh-eater (demon/evil being)
• क्रव्यादः: Kartā (आदेशवाक्ये संबोधनार्थेऽपि—‘क्रव्यादः’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रव्याद (प्रातिपदिक; ‘कच्चिद् मांसभक्षः’/‘corpse-eater’)

• प्रेत: go forth! depart!
• प्रेत: (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (गम्) + प्र- (लोट्, मध्यमपुरुष एकवचन)

• दक्षिणा: to the south
• दक्षिणा: Karma (गमनस्य लक्ष्य/दिशा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रियम्: what is dear / a pleasing (thing)
• प्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• पितृभ्यः: for the Fathers (ancestors)
• पितृभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• आत्मने: for oneself / for the self
• आत्मने: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मभ्यः: for the Brahmans / for sacred power (brahman)
• ब्रह्मभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणुत: make! do!
• कृणुत: (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करणे) (लोट्, मध्यमपुरुष बहुवचन)

• प्रियम्: what is dear / a pleasing (thing)
• प्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Agni (gārhapatya) and the expulsion of Kravyād; Pitṛs as beneficiaries

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (Atharvanic)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: bhayankara