Atharva Veda 5.31.9: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 31, Mantra 9

Sukta 31

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यां ते॑ च॒क्रुः पु॑रुषा॒स्थे अ॒ग्नौ संक॑सुके च॒ याम्। म्रो॒कं नि॑र्दा॒हं क्र॒व्यादं॒ पुनः॒ प्रति॑ हरामि॒ ताम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 5.31.9

IAST Transliteration

yā́ṃ te cakrúḥ púruṣāsthe agnáu sáṃkasuke ca yā́m | mrokáṃ nirdāháṃ kravyā́daṃ púnaḥ práti harāmi tā́m ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What they have wrought against thee on a man’s seat, what in the fire, and what in the saṃkasuka; the wasting, the consuming burn, the flesh-devouring power—this do I take and bear back again in return.

Translation

สิ่งใดที่เขาทำต่อท่านบนที่นั่งของมนุษย์ สิ่งใดที่ทำในไฟ และสิ่งใดที่ทำใน saṃkasuka—ความร่วงโรย ความไหม้ผลาญ การเผาผลาญอันกินเนื้อ—ข้าพเจ้าขอเก็บเอามัน และหอบหิ้วส่งกลับคืนไปเป็นการตอบแทน.

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Word by Word

• याम्: which (female; that)
• याम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → या-

• ते: for you / of you
• ते: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• पुरुषाः: men, persons
• पुरुषाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्थे: stand! / be placed!
• स्थे: (सम्बोधन/आदेश) कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)

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

• संकसुके: in/at the saṅkasuka (a named place/implement; obscure Vedic term)
• संकसुके: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकसुक (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक/लोक-शब्द)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• याम्: which (that)
• याम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → या-

• म्रोकम्: a harmful affliction/evil (mroka; obscure term)
• म्रोकम्: कर्म (अपहर्तव्य-वस्तु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: म्रोक (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक/लोक-शब्द)

• निर्दाहम्: burning, scorching (harm)
• निर्दाहम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्दाह (प्रातिपदिक; नि-√दह् से)

• क्रव्यादम्: the flesh-eater (demonic being)
• क्रव्यादम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रव्याद (प्रातिपदिक; ‘flesh-eater’, esp. demon/ghoul)

• पुनः: again, back
• पुनः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• प्रति: back, towards
• प्रति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

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

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

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasic (cycle attribution variable)

Devata: Kṛtyā and destructive agencies (kravyād-type) as the adversary

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira