Atharva Veda 2.27.1: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 27, Mantra 1

Sukta 27

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शत्रुपराजयः। नेच्छत्रुः॒ प्राशं॑ जयाति॒ सह॑मानाभि॒भूर॑सि । प्राशं॒ प्रति॑प्राशो जह्यर॒सान् कृ॑न्वोषधे

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 2.27.1

IAST Transliteration

né́cchatruḥ prā́śaṃ jayāti sáhamānābhíbhūr ási | prā́śaṃ práti-prā́śo jahy arāsā́n kṛṇv oṣadhe ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let not the would-be foe prevail over the morsel: thou art the enduring Overpowerer. As counter-morsel against the morsel, smite thou the injurers; make them (powerless), O Herb.

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Word by Word

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• इच्छत्रुः: a would-be enemy / one who seeks to be an enemy
• इच्छत्रुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इच्छत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राशम्: the eater/consumer (devourer)
• प्राशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राश (प्रातिपदिक)

• जयाति: conquers, wins
• जयाति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु)

• सहमानाभिभूः: overpowering, one who overcomes while enduring
• सहमानाभिभूः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण) / संबोधन-भावः
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √सह) + अभिभू (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √भू with अभि)

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• प्राशम्: the eater/consumer (devourer)
• प्राशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राश (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रति: against, in return
• प्रति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• प्राशः: the counter-devourer / one who eats back
• प्राशः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राश (प्रातिपदिक)

• जहि: strike down, slay
• जहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)

• अरासान्: the harmful/poisonous ones; the non-juicy (injurious)
• अरासान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अरास (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणु: make, render
• कृणु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• ओषधे: O herb / O medicinal plant
• ओषधे: Sampradāna (संबोधन-प्रयोगः)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: ओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (specific r̥ṣi not securely determinable from the single-verse input; commonly transmitted as Atharvanic in śatru-parājaya contexts).

Devata: Oṣadhi (the Herb) as personified healing and protective power; secondarily the abstract force of abhibhū (overpowering).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of ~8 syllables; Atharvanic anuṣṭubh with minor irregularities possible).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: bhayankara