Atharva Veda 7.76.5: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 8, Sukta 76, Mantra 5

Sukta 76

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वि॒द्म वै ते॑ जायान्य॒ जानं॒ यतो॑ जायान्य॒ जाय॑से । क॒थं ह॒ तत्र॒ त्वं ह॑नो॒ यस्य॑ कृ॒ण्मो ह॒विर्गृ॒हे

IAST Transliteration

vidmá vái te jāyānya jánam yáto jāyānya jā́yase | katháṃ há tátra tváṃ hanó yásya kṛṇmó havír gṛhé ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

We know, in sooth, thy birth, O Jāyānya—whence, O Jāyānya, thou art born. How then shalt thou there smite him in whose house we make the oblation?

Translation

เรารู้แน่แท้ถึงกำเนิดของท่าน โอ ชายานยะ (Jāyānya)—โอ ชายานยะ ท่านบังเกิดมาจากที่ใดเล่า. ถ้าเช่นนั้น ในเรือนของผู้ที่เราจัดทำเครื่องบูชา (havis) ท่านจะไปทำร้ายเขาที่นั่นได้อย่างไร?

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Word by Word

• विद्म: we know
• विद्म: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (विदँ ज्ञाने)

• वै: indeed, surely
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात)

• ते: of you, your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्- (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)

• जायानि: O wife (jāyānī)
• जायानि: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: जायानी- (स्त्री; ‘पत्नी/जाया’)

• अजानम्: (one) not knowing
• अजानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अ- + √ज्ञा (ज्ञा अवबोधने) → अजान- (‘not knowing’)

• यतः: from where, whence
• यतः: Apādāna/Hetu
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (यद्-प्रातिपदिक + तस्)

• जायानि: O wife
• जायानि: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: जायानी-

• जायसे: you are born / you come into being
• जायसे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (जनीँ प्रादुर्भावे) → जायते

• कथम्: how?
• कथम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (किम्-प्रातिपदिक)

• ह: indeed/then (emphatic particle)
• ह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (निपात)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (तद्-प्रातिपदिक + त्र)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्- (त्वद्-)

• हनः: you strike/kill
• हनः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (हनँ हिंसायाम्)

• यस्य: whose / of whom
• यस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्-प्रातिपदिक

• कृण्मः: we make, we prepare
• कृण्मः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (कृञ् करणे)

• हविः: oblation
• हविः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस्- (नपुंसक)

• गृहे: in the house
• गृहे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह- (नपुंसक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (general)

Devata: Jāyānya (as addressed adversary) / protective power of havis

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires full hymn metrical audit)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra