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Atharva Veda 5.13.9: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 9

Sukta 13

क॒र्णा श्वा॒वित् तद॑ब्रवीद् गि॒रेर॑वचरन्ति॒का। याः काश्चे॒माः ख॑नि॒त्रिमा॒स्तासा॑मर॒सत॑मं वि॒ष॑म्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 5.13.9

kárṇā śvā́vit tád abravīd girér avacarántikā | yā́ḥ kā́ś cemā́ḥ khanitrímās tāsām arásatamaṃ viṣám

Karnā, Śvāvit—thus spake she that cometh down from the mountain: whatever these be, earth-dug (burrow-born), of them (be) the poison most sapless.

كارْنَا، شْفَافِت—هكذا قالتْ هي النازلةُ من الجبل: أيًّا ما تكن هذه، المحفورةُ من الأرض (المولودةُ من الجُحور)، فمنها (ليكن) السُّمُّ الأشدُّ نزعًا للعُصارة.

कर्णाKarnā (a female being/name); the speaker
कर्णा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootकर्णा (प्रातिपदिक) / कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
श्वावित्the porcupine (śvāvít)
श्वावित्:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्धः/सहकर्तृभावः) अथवा विशेषणम्
TypeNoun
Rootश्वावित् (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that
तत्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अब्रवीत्said/spoke
अब्रवीत्:
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
गिरेःof the mountain
गिरेः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootगिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
अवचरन्तिthey descend/come down
अवचरन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootअव√चर् (धातु)
इकाhither/near (Vedic particle)
इका:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइका (अव्यय/निपात-प्रातिपदिक; वेदिक)
याःwhich (fem. pl.)
याः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
काश्चand which/whatever (fem. pl.)
काश्च:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun + Indeclinable
Rootक (किम्-प्रातिपदिक) + च
इमाःthese (fem. pl.)
इमाः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
खनित्रिमाःdug-out/obtained by digging (fem. pl.; e.g., roots/herbs)
खनित्रिमाः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootखनित्रिम (प्रातिपदिक; खनित्र-इम/इमक-सम्बद्धः)
तासाम्of those
तासाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अरसतमम्most tasteless/most sapless (superlative)
अरसतमम्:
कर्म (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-रस-तम (प्रातिपदिक; नञ् + रस + तमप्)
विषम्poison
विषम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootविष (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Viṣa; named poison-beings (Karnā, Śvāvit) and habitat-sources

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like

Primary: shanta

Secondary: bhayankara

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