Atharva Veda 2.14.3: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 14, Mantra 3

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒सौ यो अ॑ध॒राद् गृ॒हस्तत्र॑ सन्त्वरा॒य्यः । तत्र॑ से॒दिर्न्युऽच्यतु॒ सर्वा॑श्च यातुधा॒न्यः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.14.3

IAST Transliteration

asáu yó ádharād gṛháḥ tátra santu ārāyyàḥ | tátra sedír ny ùcyatu sárvāś ca yātudhānyàḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Yonder—whoso house is from beneath—there let the hostile ones abide; there let a seat be set down by utterance, and there (be) all the Yātudhānī demonesses.

Translation

ที่โน้น—ผู้ใดมีเรือนอยู่เบื้องล่าง—ขอให้พวกศัตรูอาศัยอยู่ที่นั่น. ที่นั่นขอให้ตั้งที่นั่งลงด้วยถ้อยคำแห่งการสวด; และที่นั่นขอให้มีนางยาตุธานี (Yātudhānī) ปีศาจหญิงทั้งปวงด้วย.

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Word by Word

• असौ: that (man/one)
• असौ: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• अधरात्: from below
• अधरात्: Apādāna
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially) / Noun-like
• Root: अधरा (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; ‘lower’)

• गृहः: house; dwelling
• गृहः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)

• सन्तु: let them be
• सन्तु: (विधेय-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• अराय्यः: enemies; hostile beings
• अराय्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरायि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘enemy/hostile one’)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)

• सेदिः: has sat/settled; has taken seat
• सेदिः: (विधेय-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद् (धातु) → सेदिः (परिपूर्ण/परफेक्ट-रूप) अथवा ‘सेदिः’ इति वैदिक-रूप

• नि: down; in; firmly
• नि: (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• उच्यताम्: let it be uttered/said
• उच्यताम्: (विधेय-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + उद् (उपसर्ग) → उच्यते (कर्मणि)

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• यातुधान्यः: witches; sorceresses; demonesses
• यातुधान्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातुधानी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘witch/demoness’, fem.)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī for this hymn).

Devata: Rakṣas-nivāraṇa (apotropaic force); implicitly the power of Vāc and the household-protecting efficacy of the Atharvan.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; common for AV domestic/apotropaic verses).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: bhayankara

Secondary: shanta