Atharva Veda 2.7.5: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 5

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

श॒प्तार॑मेतु श॒पथो॒ यः सु॒हार्त् तेन॑ नः स॒ह। चक्षु॑र्मन्त्रस्य दु॒र्हार्दः॑ पृ॒ष्टीरपि॑ शृणीमसि

IAST Transliteration

śaptā́ram etu śapáthó yáḥ su-hā́rt téna naḥ sahá | cákṣur mantrásya dur-hā́rdaḥ pṛṣṭī́r ápi śṛṇīmasi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let the curse-oath go back unto the curser—whatsoever imprecation is well-aimed: with that, along with its train, be it away from us. With the mantra’s eye we shatter the ill-hearted one; yea, even his back-parts do we break in pieces.

Translation

ขอให้คำสาบานแห่งคำสาปย้อนกลับไปหาผู้สาป—คำสาปใดที่เล็งหมายได้ตรงนัก: พร้อมทั้งแรงส่งและบริวารของมัน จงออกไปจากเรา. ด้วยดวงตาแห่งมนตร์ เราทำลายผู้มีใจร้าย; จริงแท้ แม้ส่วนหลังของเขาเราก็ทุบให้แตกเป็นเสี่ยงๆ

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Word by Word

• शप्तारम्: the curser / one who utters a curse
• शप्तारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शप्तार (प्रातिपदिक; √शप् ‘शापयति/शपति’ से निष्पन्न ‘शाप देने वाला’)

• एतु: let (him/it) go/come
• एतु: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (गत्यर्थ)

• शपथः: the oath / imprecation
• शपथः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: शपथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुहार्त्: kind-hearted / of good intent
• सुहार्त्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-हार्द (प्रातिपदिक; सु + हार्द ‘हृदय/मन से सम्बन्धित’)

• तेन: by that / with that
• तेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us / of us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सह: together (with)
• सह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)

• चक्षुः: eye; sight
• चक्षुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मन्त्रस्य: of the mantra
• मन्त्रस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुर्हार्दः: evil-hearted / ill-intentioned
• दुर्हार्दः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्-हार्द (प्रातिपदिक; दुर् + हार्द)

• पृष्टीः: backs; (fig.) attacks from behind / back-strokes
• पृष्टीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृष्ठि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)

• शृणीमसि: we attach/ward (them) off; we make (them) adhere (away)
• शृणीमसि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रि/श्रि (यहाँ वैदिक रूप ‘शृणि-’ = √श्रि/श्रय् ‘आश्रय/संश्रय/लगना’; पाठान्तरों में √श्रु ‘शृणुमः’ सम्भव)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (specific r̥ṣi attribution for AVŚ 2.7 varies by anukramaṇī; commonly treated as Atharvanic).

Devata: Śapatha (the curse-oath) as personified force; secondarily the Mantra itself as protective agency (‘mantrasya cakṣus’).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV curse-reversal stanzas; metrical exactness may vary with recension and sandhi).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira