Atharva Veda 3.2.5: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 5

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒मीषां॑ चि॒त्तानि॑ प्रतिमो॒हय॑न्ती गृहा॒णाङ्गा॑न्यप्वे॒ परे॑हि । अ॒भि प्रेहि॒ निर्द॑ह हृ॒त्सु शोकै॒र्ग्राह्या॒मित्रां॒स्तम॑सा विध्य॒ शत्रू॑न्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.2.5

IAST Transliteration

amī́ṣāṃ cittā́ni pratimoháyantī gṛhāṇā́ṅgāny apvé páréhi | abhí préhi nírdaha hṛtsú śokáiḥ grāhy àmítrāṃs támasā vidhya śátrūn

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Bewildering the minds of yonder men, O Apvā, go forth away; the members of the households—(assail them). Advance against them; burn them out: with griefs within their hearts seize thou the unfriendly; with darkness pierce the foes.

Translation

اے اپوا دیوی، ان لوگوں کے ذہنوں کو پریشان کرتے ہوئے، آگے بڑھ جا؛ گھر کے افراد پر حملہ کر۔ ان کے خلاف بڑھو؛ انہیں جلا دو: ان کے دلوں میں غم بھر کر، نا خوشگوار لوگوں کو پکڑ لے؛ اندھیرے کے ساتھ دشمنوں کو گھونپ دے۔

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Word by Word

• अमीषाम्: of those
• अमीषाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अमु-

• चित्तानि: minds, thoughts
• चित्तानि: कर्म (of ‘प्रतिमोहयन्ती’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रतिमोहयन्ती: deluding, bewildering
• प्रतिमोहयन्ती: कर्तृ (of the action of deluding)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुह् (धातु) + प्रति-

• गृहाणाम्: of the houses
• गृहाणाम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)

• अङ्गानि: limbs/parts
• अङ्गानि: कर्म (with implied ‘गृहाणाम्’ = ‘parts of the houses’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• अप्वे: away, off
• अप्वे: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप (अव्यय/उपसर्गीय-निपात; Vedic particle)

• परेहि: go away, depart
• परेहि: क्रिया (imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु) + परा-

• अभि: towards, against
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग)

• प्रेहि: go forth, advance
• प्रेहि: क्रिया (imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु) + प्र-

• निर्दह: burn out, scorch
• निर्दह: क्रिया (imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (धातु) + निर्-

• हृत्सु: in the hearts
• हृत्सु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृत्/हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शोकैः: with sorrows, with griefs
• शोकैः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• ग्राह्या: to be seized/caught
• ग्राह्या: कर्म-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) → ग्राह्य (कृदन्त; यत्)

• अमित्रान्: enemies
• अमित्रान्: कर्म (of ‘विध्य’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• तमसा: with darkness
• तमसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• विध्य: pierce, strike
• विध्य: क्रिया (imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्/विध् (धातु) + वि-

• शत्रून्: foes, adversaries
• शत्रून्: कर्म (co-ordinate with ‘अमित्रान्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type attribution (household sorcery corpus; specific r̥ṣi varies by anukramaṇī tradition)

Devata: Apvā (personified demonic/witch-force) as addressed agent; secondarily the spell’s own abhicaric power against amitra/śatru

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; the verse is in the common Atharvanic anuṣṭubh cadence though pāda division is somewhat compressed in Saṃhitā transmission)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: bhayankara