Atharva Veda 5.18.6: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 18, Mantra 6

Sukta 18

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

न ब्रा॑ह्म॒णो हिं॑सित॒व्यो॒३ऽग्निः प्रि॒यत॑नोरिव । सोमो॒ ह्यऽस्य दाया॒द इन्द्रो॑ अस्याभिशस्ति॒पाः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 5.18.6

IAST Transliteration

ná brā́hmaṇo híṃsitavyo ’gníḥ priyátanur iva | sómo hí ’sya dāyā́da índro ’syābhiśastipā́ḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Brahmin must not be harmed—(he is) as fire with body beloved. For Soma is his heir, and Indra is his warder against imprecation.

Translation

برہمن کو ہرگز نقصان نہیں پہنچانا چاہیے، وہ پیارے جسم والی آگ کی طرح ہے، کیونکہ سوم اس کا وارث ہے اور اندر اس کی بددعا سے بچانے والا ہے۔

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Word by Word

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

• ब्राह्मणः: a Brāhmaṇa
• ब्राह्मणः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)

• हिंसितव्यः: to be harmed / fit to be injured
• हिंसितव्यः: —
• Type: Verb-derived (gerundive) adjective
• Root: हिंस् (धातु)

• अग्निः: Agni (fire)
• अग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: प्रिय-तनु (प्रातिपदिक; समास)

having a dear body / dear-bodied

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Kartā

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

• सोमः: Soma
• सोमः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• अस्य: of him / his
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दायादः: heir
• दायादः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दायाद (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्य: of him / his
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अभिशस्तिपाः: protector/warder-off of accusation/curse
• अभिशस्तिपाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (agent compound)
• Root: अभिशस्ति-प (प्रातिपदिक; समास)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Agni, Soma, Indra (protective triad in this verse)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira