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Atharva Veda 2.22.5: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 22, Mantra 5

Sukta 22

चन्द्र॒ यत् ते॒ तेज॒स्तेन॒ तम॑ते॒जसं॑ कृणु॒ यो॒३स्मान् द्वेष्टि॒ यं व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 2.22.5

cándra yát te téjaḥ téna tám atéjasaṃ kṛṇu yó ’smā́n dvéṣṭi yáṃ vayáṃ dvíṣmaḥ

O Moon, with that splendour which is thine, thereby make him splendourless—who hateth us, whom we in turn do hate.

चन्द्रbright, shining (O bright one / bright)
चन्द्र:
सम्बोधन/विशेषण (तेजस्-शब्दस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootचन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्that which / that
यत्:
कर्म (कृणु-क्रियायाः; ‘यत्…तेजः’ = ‘that splendor’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेyour
ते:
सम्बन्ध (अधिकार/सम्बन्धः: ‘your’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेजःsplendor, brilliance
तेजः:
कर्म (यत्…तेजः = ‘that splendor’ as object to be used)
TypeNoun
Rootतेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
तेनwith that
तेन:
करण (instrument: ‘with that’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तमःdarkness
तमः:
कर्म (कृणु-क्रियायाः; ‘darkness’ as object to be made into something)
TypeNoun
Rootतमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अतेजसम्without splendor, lusterless
अतेजसम्:
कर्म-विशेषण/परिणाम (object-complement: ‘make (it) lusterless’)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-समास)
कृणुmake! do!
कृणु:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (द्वेष्टि-क्रियायाः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मान्us
अस्मान्:
कर्म (द्वेष्टि-क्रियायाः)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
द्वेष्टिhates
द्वेष्टि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootद्विष् (धातु)
यम्whom
यम्:
कर्म (द्विष्मः-क्रियायाः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ (द्विष्मः-क्रियायाः)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
द्विष्मःhate
द्विष्मः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootद्विष् (धातु)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Āṅgiras lineages for such rites; specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on the Anukramaṇī).

Devata: Candra (Moon), as the agent whose tejas is deployed.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; confirm against pada-count in the edition used).

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra

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