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Atharva Veda 2.23.2: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 23, Mantra 2

Sukta 23

आपो॒ यद् वो॒ हर॒स्तेन॒ तं प्रति॑ हरत॒ यो॒३स्मान् द्वेष्टि॒ यं व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मः

ā́po yád vo háraḥ téna táṃ práti harata yó ’smā́n dvéṣṭi yáṃ vayáṃ dvíṣmaḥ

O Waters, what taking-away power is yours—therewith bear him back in requital, even him who hateth us, whom we ourselves do hate.

Hỡi các Thủy thần, quyền năng cuốn lấy/đem đi nào là của các ngài—bằng chính quyền năng ấy hãy cuốn hắn trở lại để đáp trả, kẻ ghét chúng ta, kẻ mà chúng ta cũng ghét.

आपःwaters
आपः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक) → आप्-
यत्which/that (thing)
यत्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वःto/for you (pl.)
वः:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
हरःthe ‘hará’ (remover/stealer; here: harmful force/affliction)
हरः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootहर (प्रातिपदिक)
तेनwith that / by that
तेन:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तम्him/that (one)
तम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
प्रतिback against; towards
प्रति:
(दिशा/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रति
हरतcarry/drive (it) away
हरत:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√हृ (हरति)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मान्us
अस्मान्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
द्वेष्टिhates
द्वेष्टि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√द्विष् (द्वेष्टि)
यम्whom
यम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
द्विष्मःhate
द्विष्मः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√द्विष् (द्विष्मः)

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type attribution (specific r̥ṣi assignment depends on the Anukramaṇī for AVŚ 2.23; to be confirmed against the user’s recension metadata).

Devata: Āpaḥ (Waters), as purifiers and agents of reversal/counter-harm.

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (to be verified against metrical scansion in the pada tradition for AVŚ 2.23.2).

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta

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