Atharva Veda 5.31.5: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 31, Mantra 5

Sukta 31

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यां ते॑ च॒क्रुर्गार्ह॑पत्ये पूर्वा॒ग्नावु॒त दु॒श्चितः॑ । शाला॑यां कृ॒त्यां यां च॒क्रुः पुनः॒ प्रति॑ हरामि॒ ताम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 5.31.5

IAST Transliteration

yā́m te cakrúrgā́rhapatye pū́rvāgnā́v utá dúścitaḥ | śā́lāyāṃ kṛtyā́m yā́m cakrúḥ púnaḥ práti harāmi tā́m ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What witchcraft the evil-minded have wrought against thee in the Gārhapatya, in the ancient household fire; what kṛtyā they have made in the hall—that same I bear back again in return.

Translation

มนตร์ร้ายที่ผู้มีจิตคิดร้ายทำต่อเจ้า ณ คฤหปัตยะ (Gārhapatya) คือไฟเรือนอันเก่าแก่; และกฤตยา (kṛtyā) ที่เขาทำไว้ในศาลา—สิ่งนั้นเอง ข้าพเจ้าขอส่งกลับคืน ตอบแทนให้ย้อนกลับไปหาเขาอีกครั้ง.

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Word by Word

• याम्: which (female object), whom/that
• याम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → या-

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त्वद्/ते

• चक्रुः: they have done/made
• चक्रुः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• गार्हपत्ये: in/at the Gārhapatya (household fire)
• गार्हपत्ये: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गार्हपत्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• पूर्वा: former/earlier
• पूर्वा: Viśeṣaṇa (of अग्नौ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्नौ: in the fire
• अग्नौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत: and/also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात)

• दुश्चितः: evil-minded (persons)
• दुश्चितः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: दुश्चित् (प्रातिपदिक; दुḥ + चित्)

• शालायाम्: in the hall/shed
• शालायाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाला (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• याम्: which (female object), that
• याम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → या-

• चक्रुः: they have done/made
• चक्रुः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• पुनः: again/back
• पुनः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)

• प्रति: back/against/towards
• प्रति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• हरामि: I carry/take away
• हरामि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु)

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

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer (traditional attribution uncertain).

Devata: Kṛtyā (hostile) vis-à-vis the sanctity of Agni/Gārhapatya.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta