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Atharva Veda 4.29.2: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 29, Mantra 2

Sukta 29

सचे॑तसौ॒ द्रुह्व॑णो॒ यौ नु॒देथे॒ प्र स॒त्यावा॑न॒मव॑थो॒ भरे॑षु । यौ गच्छ॑थो नृ॒चक्ष॑सौ ब॒भ्रुणा॑ सु॒तं तौ नो॑ मुञ्चत॒मंह॑सः

sácetasau drúhvaṇo yáu nudéthe prá satyā́vānam ávatho bháreṣu | yáu gácchatho nṛcákṣasau babhrúṇā sutáṃ táu no muñcatam áṃhasaḥ

Concordant ye are, who thrust away the treacherous; ye succour the man of truth in struggles. Ye who go as watchers over men with Babhru to the pressed draught— from anguish and from sin release ye us.

你们同心一致,驱逐奸诈之徒;你们在争战中扶助真实之人。你们以巴布鲁(Babhru)同往,作为观照众人的守望者,前往那压榨之饮(soma)之处:请你们把我们从苦厄与罪垢(aṃhas)中解脱。

सचेतसौ(you) two, attentive/wise
सचेतसौ:
सम्बोधन/कर्तृ (यौ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootस-चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक; चेतस् ‘चेतना’)
द्रुह्वणःhostile ones / those who do harm
द्रुह्वणः:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य (यौ इत्यस्य सह-सम्बन्धः; ‘द्रुह्वणः’ = द्रोहिणः/द्रुहः)
TypeNoun (agent/possessor) / Adjective
Rootद्रुह्वण (प्रातिपदिक; द्रुह् ‘द्रोह/हिंसा’ से)
यौwho (you) two
यौ:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नुnow/indeed
नु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु
नुदेथेyou two drive away
नुदेथे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootनुद् (धातु)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable (preverb) / particle
Rootप्र
सत्यावानम्the truthful one
सत्यावानम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसत्यावन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
अवथःyou two protect/help
अवथः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअव् (धातु; ‘रक्षणे/अवने’)
भरेषुin battles/struggles
भरेषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootभर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘संघर्ष/युद्ध/भार’)
यौwho (you) two
यौ:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
गच्छथःyou two go
गच्छथः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
नृचक्षसौ(you) two, seeing/overseeing men
नृचक्षसौ:
सम्बोधन/कर्तृ (यौ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootनृ-चक्षस् (समास-प्रातिपदिक; नृ ‘मनुष्य’ + चक्षस् ‘दृष्टि/दर्शक’)
बभ्रुणाwith the babhru (brown one; name/epithet)
बभ्रुणा:
करण/सह (सुतं इत्यस्य सह-सम्बन्धः: ‘with/through the babhru’)
TypeNoun / Adjective
Rootबभ्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
सुतम्the pressed (Soma)
सुतम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (Kṛdanta) / Adjective
Rootसु (धातु) → सुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; ‘pressed/expressed’)
तौthose two / you two
तौ:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
नःus / for us
नः:
सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
मुञ्चतम्release (you two)!
मुञ्चतम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootमुच् (धातु)
अंहसःfrom distress/sin/evil
अंहसः:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootअंहस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition; hymn-level attribution varies.

Devata: Mitra–Varuṇa

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (verification requires full scan).

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira

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