Atharva Veda 15.12.6: Kanda 15, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 6

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

न दे॒वेष्वा वृ॑श्चते हु॒तम॑स्य भवति

IAST Transliteration

ná devéṣv ā́ vṛścate hutám asya bhavati

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

His offering is not shorn away among the Gods: his oblation truly becometh (accepted).

Translation

เครื่องบูชาของเขามิได้ถูกตัดทอนท่ามกลางเหล่าเทพ; เครื่องสังเวยของเขาย่อมเป็นของที่เทพรับไว้โดยแท้จริง.

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Word by Word

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• देवेषु: among the gods
• देवेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव

• आ: towards; upon
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ

• वृश्चते: cuts; injures; harms
• वृश्चते: Kartā (implicit subject: he/it)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृश्च्

• हुतम्: (that which is) offered; oblation
• हुतम्: Karma
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: हु (यज्-आहुति) → क्त

• अस्य: of him/it; his/its
• अस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (अस्मद्-प्रत्ययिक सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अस्य

• भवति: becomes; is
• भवति: Kartā (implicit subject: it)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू

Attribution

Rishi: Vrātya-section attribution (often anonymous/collective Atharvanic tradition).

Devata: Devas collectively (as recipients/validators of huta).

Chandas: Prose-like/irregular Atharvanic cadence.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta