Atharva Veda 12.2.8: Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 8

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

क्र॒व्याद॑म॒ग्निं प्र हि॑णोमि दू॒रं य॒मरा॑ज्ञो गच्छतु रिप्रवा॒हः । इ॒हायमित॑रो जा॒तवे॑दा दे॒वो दे॒वेभ्यो॑ ह॒व्यं व॑हतु प्रजा॒नन्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 12.2.8

IAST Transliteration

kravyā́dam agníṃ prá hiṇomi dūráṃ yamárājño gacchatu ripravāháḥ | ihā́yam ítaro jātávedā devó devébhyo havyáṃ vahatu prajā́nán ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The flesh-devouring Agni forth do I drive afar: let him, the bearer-off of taint, depart unto King Yama. Here let this other Jātavedas, the God, with knowing mind convey the oblation unto the Gods.

Translation

ข้าพเจ้าขับอัคนีผู้กินเนื้อ (Kravyād) ออกไปให้ไกล; ขอให้ผู้พัดพามลทินนั้นไปสู่พระยายมราช. ที่นี่ขอให้อีกองค์หนึ่ง คือชาตเวทัส (Jātavedas) เทพผู้รู้แจ้ง จงนำเครื่องบูชาไปสู่เหล่าเทพทั้งหลายด้วยจิตที่รู้เท่าทัน.

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Word by Word

• क्रव्यादम्: the flesh-eater (corpse-devouring being)
• क्रव्यादम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रव्याद (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निम्: Agni (fire)
• अग्निम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth, forward (prefix)
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र

• हिणोमि: I drive/send
• हिणोमि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हि (धातु) / हि-णि (प्रेरणे/गत्यर्थे; causative sense in usage)

• Type: Adverb (from adjective)
• Root: दूर (प्रातिपदिक)

• यमराज्ञः: of King Yama
• यमराज्ञः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमराज (प्रातिपदिक; समास)

• गच्छतु: let (him/it) go
• गच्छतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)

• रिप्रवाहः: the foul/defiling stream (i.e., the impure devourer/flow)
• रिप्रवाहः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: रिप्रवाह (प्रातिपदिक; समास)

• इह: here
• इह: अधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)

• इतरः: the other (one), the remaining
• इतरः: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इतर (प्रातिपदिक)

• जातवेदाः: Jātavedas (Agni, knower of all births)
• जातवेदाः: कर्तृ (अयम् इतरः …)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; अग्नि-विशेषण)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवेभ्यः: to the gods
• देवेभ्यः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• हव्यम्: the oblation
• हव्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• वहतु: let (him) carry/convey
• वहतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु)

• प्रजानन्: knowing, being aware
• प्रजानन्: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Participle (adjectival)
• Root: प्र-ज्ञा (धातु) → प्रजानत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally connected with Atharvanic seers in funerary/purificatory material (specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī traditions for AV 12.2).

Devata: Agni (as kravyād and as Jātavedas); Yama as destination/jurisdiction.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (as commonly in AV 12.2 passages; metrical classification may vary by pada division).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: bhayankara