Atharva Veda 9.2.10: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 10

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ज॒हि त्वं का॑म॒ मम ये स॒पत्ना॑ अ॒न्धा तमां॒स्यव॑ पादयैनान्। निरि॑न्द्रिया अर॒साः स॑न्तु॒ सर्वे॒ मा ते॑ जी॑विषुः कत॒मच्च॒नाहः॑

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 9.2.10

IAST Transliteration

jahí tváṃ kā́ma máma yé sapátnā andhā́ támāṃsy áva pādayainān | nírindriyā arasā́ḥ santu sárve mā́ té jīviṣur katamáś canā́haḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Smite thou, O Kāma, those rivals of mine; cast them down into blind darknesses. Let them all be void of faculty, sapless; let them not live—no, not for any day whatsoever.

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Word by Word

• जहि: slay / strike down
• जहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (√हन्)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• काम: O Kāma (Desire-personified)
• काम: Sampradāna (सम्बोधन) / संबोधन-प्रयोग
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम

• मम: of me / my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• ये: who
• ये: Kartā (of implied ‘are’/‘exist’ in relative clause)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्

• सपत्नाः: rivals, enemies
• सपत्नाः: Kartā (relative clause) / also target group
• Type: Noun
• Root: सपत्न

• अन्धाः: blind
• अन्धाः: Kartā (as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्ध

• तमांसि: darknesses
• तमांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस्

• अव: down, away
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव

• पादय: cause to fall / drive down
• पादय: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पद्/पादय (caus. of √पद् ‘to go/step’)

• एनान्: these (men), them
• एनान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (enad-pronoun)

• निः: out, away
• निः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निः

• इन्द्रियाः: deprived of power/senses; powerless
• इन्द्रियाः: Kartā (of ‘सन्तु’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इन्द्रिय

• अरसायाः: sapless, tasteless; without vitality
• अरसायाः: Kartā (of ‘सन्तु’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरसा

• सन्तु: let them be
• सन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (√अस्)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Kartā (of ‘सन्तु’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• जीविषुः: let them not live
• जीविषुः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव् (√जीव्)

• कतम: any (at all)
• कतम: Karma (with implied ‘दिनम्/कालम्’)
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: कतम

• च: and / even
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

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

• अहः: day
• अहः: Karma (temporal extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन्

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition.

Devata: Kāma (as destructive coercive power).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; long pādas with strong imperatives).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: bhayankara