Atharva Veda 4.36.2: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 36, Mantra 2

Sukta 36

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यो नो॒ दिप्स॒ददि॑प्सतो॒ दिप्स॑तो॒ यश्च॒ दिप्स॑ति । वै॒श्वा॒न॒रस्य॒ दंष्ट्र॑योर॒ग्नेरपि॑ दधामि॒ तम्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.36.2

IAST Transliteration

yó no dípsad adípsato dípsato yáś ca dípsati | vaiśvānará­sya dáṃṣṭrayor agnér ápi dadhāmi tám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoever would harm us—whether he harm not, or harm, and whoever harms—I set him within the fangs of Vaiśvānara Agni.

Translation

凡欲加害于我等者——或未害、或正害、以及一切行害之人——我皆置彼于毗湿瓦那罗（Vaiśvānara）阿耆尼之獠牙之间。

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Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: of us / our
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दिप्सत्: desiring to harm / intending to injure
• दिप्सत्: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: दिप्स् (धातु; desiderative base from दभ्/दप् ‘to harm/deceive’ in Vedic usage)

• अदिप्सतः: from one who does not wish to harm
• अदिप्सतः: Apādāna
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: दिप्स् (धातु) + अ- (निषेध)

• दिप्सतः: from one who wishes to harm
• दिप्सतः: Apādāna
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: दिप्स् (धातु)

• यः: and who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• दिप्सति: (he) seeks to harm / intends to injure
• दिप्सति: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: दिप्स् (धातु)

• वैश्वानरस्य: of Vaiśvānara
• वैश्वानरस्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: वैश्वानर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘Vaiśvānara’, epithet of Agni)

• दंष्ट्रयोः: in/at the two fangs (jaws)
• दंष्ट्रयोः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दंष्ट्रा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्नेः: of Agni
• अग्नेः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (deity)
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपि: also; indeed; into
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• दधामि: I place / I put
• दधामि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

• तम्: him (that one)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: To be verified from Anukramaṇī for AV 4.36.

Devata: Agni Vaiśvānara

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires scan).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira