Atharva Veda 2.8.4: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 4

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नम॑स्ते॒ लाङ्ग॑लेभ्यो॒ नम॑ ईषायु॒गेभ्यः॑ । वी॒रुत् क्षे॑त्रिय॒नाश॒न्यप॑ क्षेत्रि॒यमु॑च्छतु

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.8.4

IAST Transliteration

námas te lā́ṅgalebhyo náma īṣāyugébhyaḥ | vīrú t kṣétriya-nā́śany ápā kṣétriyam ucchatu ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Obeisance be to thee, unto the ploughs; obeisance unto the pole and yokes. Let the Virút-plant, the destroyer of kṣetriya, thrust the kṣetriya malady away.

Translation

سَلامٌ وخضوعٌ لكِ، أيتها المحاريث؛ وسلامٌ للعارضةِ والأَنْيَاطِ (النير). فلتَدْفَعْ نبتةُ فيرُوت (Virút)، مُهْلِكَةُ كْشِتْرِيَة (kṣetriya)، داءَ كْشِتْرِيَة بعيدًا.

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Word by Word

• नमः: obeisance; salutation
• नमः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• लाङ्गलेभ्यः: to the ploughs
• लाङ्गलेभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: लाङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)

• नमः: obeisance
• नमः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ईषायुगेभ्यः: to the yokes/shafts (plough-yokes)
• ईषायुगेभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईषायुग (समास-प्रातिपदिक: ईषा + युग)

• वीरुत्: the herb/creeper
• वीरुत्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरुध्/वीरुत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘creeper, herb’)

• क्षेत्रियनाशनी: (she who is) destroyer of kṣetriya (field-disease)
• क्षेत्रियनाशनी: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Noun
• Root: क्षेत्रि-नाशनी (समास-प्रातिपदिक; ‘field-disease-destroyer’)

• अप: away; off
• अप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• क्षेत्रियम्: the kṣetriya (disease/affliction)
• क्षेत्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्रिय (प्रातिपदिक; disease/demon called kṣetriya)

• उच्छतु: let (it) drive out/ward off
• उच्छतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √छद् (छदँ ‘to cover/ward off’; Vedic injunctive/imperative with ud-)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages for bhaiṣajya hymns; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī).

Devata: Virút (medicinal plant) and the empowered agricultural implements (plough, pole, yokes) as functional deities.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; AV healing verses commonly fall in anuṣṭubh—confirmable against padapāṭha metrical counts in a critical edition).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta