Atharva Veda 7.70.3: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 7, Sukta 70, Mantra 3

Sukta 70

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒जि॒रा॒धि॒रा॒जौ श्ये॒नौ सं॑पा॒तिना॑विव । आज्यं॑ पृतन्य॒तो ह॑तां॒ यो नः॒ कश्चा॑भ्यघा॒यति॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.70.3

IAST Transliteration

ajirādhirājáu śyénau saṃpātínāv iva | ā́jyam pṛtanyató hatā́ṃ yó naḥ káścābhyaghā́yati

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Like two hawks, swift and sovereign, swooping down together—let them smite the ghee of the battling man, whosoever bears malice against us.

Translation

ดุจเหยี่ยวสองตัว ผู้ว่องไวและทรงอำนาจ โผลงพร้อมกัน—ขอให้มันทั้งสองฟาดทำลายฆี (ājya) ของผู้ที่กำลังต่อสู้ ผู้ใดก็ตามที่ปองร้ายต่อเรา

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Word by Word

• अजिराधिराजौ: the two (birds) Ajira and Adhirāja (swift and over-kingly)
• अजिराधिराजौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: अजिराधिराज (प्रातिपदिक; अजिर + अधिराज) अथवा द्वन्द्व-समासः (अजिर + अधिराज)

• श्येनौ: two falcons/hawks
• श्येनौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्येन (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्पातिनौ: two that swoop/strike together
• सम्पातिनौ: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (agent noun)
• Root: सम् + पत् (धातु) → सम्पातिन् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; -इन्)

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

• आज्यम्: ghee, clarified butter
• आज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृतन्यतः: of the hostile/contending (one), of the battle-making (one)
• पृतन्यतः: —
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: पृतन्यत् (प्रातिपदिक; वर्तमान-कृदन्त/विशेषण from पृतन्यति < पृतना ‘battle’)

• हताम्: (let him be) struck down/slain
• हताम्: Karma
• Type: Verb-derived adjective (past passive participle used injunctively/optatively in sense)
• Root: हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; क्त)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: of us, our
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary/affected party) / सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• कश्च: anyone whatsoever
• कश्च: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun + particle
• Root: क (सर्वनाम) + च (अव्यय)

• अभ्यघायति: does harm to / acts wickedly against
• अभ्यघायति: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + अघा/अघ् (धातु; ‘to do harm/evil, to sin against’) → अभ्यघायति

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in supplied excerpt)

Devata: Śyena-powers (often interpreted as divine missiles/agents under Indra or as personified swift forces)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (shorter, charm-like verse)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra