Atharva Veda 12.5.32: Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 5, Mantra 32

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒घं प॒च्यमा॑ना दु॒ष्वप्न्यं॑ प॒क्वा

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 12.5.32

IAST Transliteration

agháṃ pacyámānā duṣvápnyaṃ pakvā́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Evil being ‘cooked,’—the evil dream, cooked through.

Translation

ความชั่วร้ายถูก ‘ต้ม’ ให้สุก—ฝันร้ายก็ถูกต้มจนสุกทั่ว

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Word by Word

• अघम्: evil, sin, harm
• अघम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ (प्रातिपदिक)

• पच्यमानाः: being cooked/being ripened (i.e., undergoing cooking)
• पच्यमानाः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (Adjectival) / Verb-derived
• Root: √पच् (पचँ) + शानच् (वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि/आत्मनेपद कृदन्त) → पच्यमान

• दुष्वप्न्यम्: evil dream; nightmare (inauspicious dream)
• दुष्वप्न्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: दुष्- (उपसर्ग/उपपद) + स्वप्न्य (प्रातिपदिक; स्वप्न-सम्बद्ध) → दुष्वप्न्य

• पक्वाः: cooked, ripened; fully cooked
• पक्वाः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (Adjectival)
• Root: √पच् (पचँ) + क्त (भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त) → पक्व

Attribution

Rishi: Unspecified in the provided excerpt (to be supplied from AV 12.5 anukramaṇī).

Devata: Apotropaic removal of Agha and Duṣvapnya.

Chandas: Unspecified (to be verified).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: bhayankara