Atharva Veda 5.8.4: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 4

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अति॑ धावतातिसरा॒ इन्द्र॑स्य॒ वच॑सा हत । अविं॒ वृक॑ इव मथ्नीत॒ स वो॒ जीव॒न्मा मो॑चि प्रा॒णम॒स्यापि॑ नह्यत

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 5.8.4

IAST Transliteration

áti dhāvata atisarā́ índrasya vácasā hata | avím vṛ́ka iva mathnīta sá vo jī́van mā́ móci prāṇám asyā́pi nahyata

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Away—run forth, ye Fluxes—smitten by the word of Indra. Like a wolf that mangles a ewe, so would ye rend; but while he liveth, let not his breath be loosed: bind it fast upon him.

Translation

จงถอยไป—จงวิ่งหนีไปเถิด เหล่าผู้ไหลรั่ว (atisrāḥ) ผู้ถูกถ้อยคำของอินทรา (Indra) ฟาดฟันแล้ว. ดุจหมาป่าขย้ำแม่แกะ พวกเจ้าจะฉีกกระชาก; แต่ตราบใดที่เขายังมีชีวิต อย่าให้ลมหายใจ (prāṇa) ของเขาหลุดลอยไป—จงผูกตรึงไว้กับเขาให้แน่น.

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Word by Word

• अति: beyond; over; exceedingly
• अति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• धावत: runs; rushes
• धावत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धाव्

• अतिसराः: diarrhoeas; dysenteric fluxes
• अतिसराः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिसर (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रस्य: of Indra
• इन्द्रस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वचसा: by (his) word; by utterance
• वचसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• हत: struck down; slain
• हत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्

• अविम्: a sheep/ewe
• अविम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवि (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृकः: a wolf
• वृकः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like; as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)

• मथ्नीत: may he/it churn; crush; tear up
• मथ्नीत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मथ्

• सः: he; that (one)
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• वः: for you; of you (pl.)
• वः: Sampradāna (recipient) / Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• जीवन्: living; alive
• जीवन्: Kartā (as qualifier)
• Type: Participle
• Root: जीव्

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध)

• मोचि: let (it) not be released; let (it) not slip away
• मोचि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्

• प्राणम्: breath; life-force
• प्राणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्य: of this (person); his
• अस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)

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

• नह्यत: let (it) be bound; be fastened
• नह्यत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: नह्

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (seer not specified in the provided excerpt; commonly attributed within AV healing corpora to Atharvan/Angiras lineages by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Indra (as smiter and healer); atīsāra as the targeted demon/disease

Chandas: Predominantly Anuṣṭubh (healing hymns commonly so; verify by full pada count in critical edition)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: bhayankara