Atharva Veda 2.27.6: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 27, Mantra 6

Sukta 27

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

रुद्र॒ जला॑षभेषज॒ नील॑शिखण्ड॒ कर्म॑कृत्। प्राशं॒ प्रति॑प्राशो जह्यर॒सान् कृ॑ण्वोषधे

IAST Transliteration

rudrá jalā́ṣabheṣaja nílaśikhaṇḍa kármakṛt | prāśáṃ prátiprāśo jahy arásān kṛṇv oṣadhe ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Rudra, Water-healing Remedy, blue-crested, worker of the rite: as counter-ingestion to ingestion, smite thou the sapless maladies; make (us whole), O Plant.

Translation

O Rudra, wasserheilendes Heilmittel, blaugekämmt, der das rituelle Werk vollbringt! Als Gegen-Einnahme zur Einnahme: schlage die saftlosen Leiden nieder; mache uns heil, o Pflanze.

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Word by Word

• रुद्र: O Rudra
• रुद्र: सम्बोधन (addressed deity)
• Type: Noun (proper/theonym)
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• जलाषभेषज: O (Rudra) whose remedy is ‘जलाष’ (healing/cooling medicine)
• जलाषभेषज: सम्बोधन (epithet in address)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: जलाषभेषज (समास-प्रातिपदिक; जलाष + भेषज)

• नीलशिखण्ड: O blue-crested/blue-tufted one
• नीलशिखण्ड: सम्बोधन (epithet in address)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: नीलशिखण्ड (समास-प्रातिपदिक; नील + शिखण्ड)

• कर्मकृत्: O doer/performer of deeds
• कर्मकृत्: सम्बोधन (epithet in address)
• Type: Adjective (agent noun)
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत् (कृदन्त, कर्तरि); प्रातिपदिक: कर्मकृत्

• प्राशम्: a bite/morsel (of food)
• प्राशम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राश (प्रातिपदिक; ‘a bite/morsel, eating’)

• प्रतिप्राशः: the counter-bite / the bite in return (antidotal bite)
• प्रतिप्राशः: कर्तृ (agent/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिप्राश (प्रातिपदिक; प्रति-प्राश)

• जहि: slay, destroy
• जहि: क्रिया (imperative action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)

• अरसान्: the tasteless/juiceless ones; (i.e., harmful, non-sapful/ineffective influences)
• अरसान्: कर्म (object of जहि)
• Type: Adjective used substantively
• Root: अरस (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणु: make, render
• कृणु: क्रिया (imperative action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• ओषधे: O herb/medicinal plant
• ओषधे: सम्बोधन (addressed entity)
• Type: Noun (addressed)
• Root: ओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi attribution for AV 2.27 varies by anukramaṇī; commonly treated as Atharvan/Angiras-type healing seers).

Devata: Rudra as healer; Oṣadhi (the medicinal plant) as co-agent.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of ~8 syllables; Atharvanic anuṣṭubh with minor irregularities).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta