Atharva Veda 2.32.6: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 32, Mantra 6

Sukta 32

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्र ते॑ शृणामि॒ शृङ्गे॒ याभ्यां॑ वितुदा॒यसि॑ । भि॒नाद्मि॑ ते कु॒षुम्भं॒ यस्ते॑ विष॒धानः॑

IAST Transliteration

prá te śṛṇāmi śṛṅgé yā́bhyāṃ vitudā́yasi | bhinā́dmi te kuṣúmbhaṃ yás te viṣadhā́naḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Forth—thy horns I shatter, wherewith thou dost pierce and wound. I cleave for thee the kushumbha, which is thy poison-receptacle.

Translation

তোৰ যি শৃংগদ্বয়, যাৰ দ্বাৰা তই বিন্ধি আঘাত কৰিছ—সেই শৃংগ মই ভাঙি দিওঁ। তোৰ কুষুম্ভ মই ফালি দিওঁ—যিটো তোৰ বিষধান (বিষ-ভঁৰাল/বিষ-আশ্ৰয়)।

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward (prefix)
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग) / प्र (अव्यय)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• शृणामि: I hear
• शृणामि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (शृणोति)

• शृङ्गे: (two) horns
• शृङ्गे: कर्म (heard/mentioned object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• याभ्याम्: with which two
• याभ्याम्: करण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वितुदायसि: you pierce/strike apart
• वितुदायसि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुद् (तुदति) + वि (उपसर्ग)

• भिनाद्मि: I split / I break
• भिनाद्मि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद् (भिनत्ति)

• ते: your / of you
• ते: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• कुषुम्भम्: the kusumbha (safflower/dye-plant)
• कुषुम्भम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुषुम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who / which
• यः: कर्तृ (relative clause subject)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: your / of you
• ते: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• विषधानः: the poison-bearer / poison-holder
• विषधानः: कर्तृ (apposition to यः)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: विष-धान (समास: विष + धान; प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (hymn-level attribution varies by anukramaṇī; commonly treated as Atharvanic healing speech)

Devata: Viṣa-nāśana (Poison-destroying power) / the addressed poisoner (serpent/scorpion as personified adversary)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4×8, with Atharvanic flexibility)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra