Atharva Veda 5.14.6: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 14, Mantra 6

Sukta 14

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदि॒ स्त्री यदि॑ वा॒ पुमा॑न् कृ॒त्यां च॒कार॑ पा॒प्मने॑ । तामु॒ तस्मै॑ नयाम॒स्यश्व॑मिवाश्वाभि॒धान्या॑

IAST Transliteration

yádi strī́ yádi vā́ pumā́n kṛtyā́m cakā́ra pāpmáne | tā́m u tásmai nayāmasy áśvam ivāśvābhidhā́nyā ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

If woman, if perchance a man, hath wrought the Kṛtyā for evil’s end, that very spell—yea, her—we drive and lead back unto him, as with a bridle one leads on a horse.

Translation

หากเป็นหญิง หรือหากเป็นชาย ได้กระทำคริตยา (Kṛtyā) เพื่อมุ่งร้ายแล้ว ไสยนั้น—ใช่แล้ว นางนั้นเอง—เราขับไล่และนำกลับไปสู่ผู้นั้น ดุจใช้บังเหียนจูงม้าไปฉะนั้น.

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Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• स्त्री: a woman
• स्त्री: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक) / स्त्री-शब्द

• यदि: if
• यदि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• पुमान्: a man
• पुमान्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुमांस् (प्रातिपदिक) / पुं-शब्द

• कृत्याम्: a sorcery/witchcraft act (harmful charm)
• कृत्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्या (प्रातिपदिक)

• चकार: has done / performed
• चकार: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• पाप्मने: for harm/evil; for sin (as the intended end)
• पाप्मने: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ताम्: that (her/it)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उ: indeed / then
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ

• तस्मै: to him/for him
• तस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नयाम: we lead / we convey
• नयाम: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• अश्वम्: a horse
• अश्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अश्वाभिधान्या: with/by a horse-named (thing); by means of what is called ‘horse’
• अश्वाभिधान्या: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्वाभिधान्य (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास: अश्व + अभिधान्य)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn attributed within the Atharvan/Angiras sphere; specific r̥ṣi varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Kṛtyā (as hostile agency) / the act of Pratiharaṇa (returning); implicit protective power of the mantra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in this section)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira