Atharva Veda 2.20.5: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 20, Mantra 5

Sukta 20

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वायो॒ यत् ते॒ तेज॒स्तेन॒ तम॑ते॒जसं॑ कृणु॒ यो॒३स्मान् द्वेष्टि॒ यं व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.20.5

IAST Transliteration

vā́yo yát te téjas ténā tám atéjasaṃ kṛṇu yó ’smā́n dvéṣṭi yáṃ vayáṃ dvíṣmaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Vāyu, with that splendour which is thine, thereby make him splendourless—who hateth us, whom we do hate.

Translation

โอ วายุ (Vāyu) ด้วยเดชแห่งเตชัส (tejas) อันรุ่งเรืองของท่าน จงทำให้ผู้นั้นไร้รัศมี—ผู้ที่เกลียดชังเรา ผู้ที่เราก็เกลียดชังเขา.

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Word by Word

• वायो: O Vāyu (Wind-god)
• वायो: सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: कर्म (कृणु इत्यस्य)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तेजः: splendour, brilliance, power
• तेजः: कर्म (तेन इत्यनेन सह—‘तेजसा’ इत्यर्थे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तेन: with that (by it)
• तेन: करण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तम्: him
• तम्: कर्म (कृणु इत्यस्य)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अतेजसम्: without splendour, powerless
• अतेजसम्: कर्म-विशेषण (तम् इत्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-समास)

• कृणु: make!
• कृणु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ (द्वेष्टि इत्यस्य)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: कर्म (द्वेष्टि इत्यस्य)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• द्वेष्टि: hates
• द्वेष्टि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्विष् (धातु)

• यम्: whom
• यम्: कर्म (द्विष्मः इत्यस्य)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: कर्तृ (द्विष्मः इत्यस्य)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• द्विष्मः: hate
• द्विष्मः: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्विष् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Anukramaṇī attribution not supplied in the prompt; commonly to be verified from the AVŚ Śaunaka anukramaṇī for 2.20.

Devata: Vāyu (as bearer of tejas and agent of deprivation of hostile power)

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (to be confirmed by metrical count; the syntax and cadence are consistent with common AV anuṣṭubh enemy-spells).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra