Atharva Veda 4.6.2: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 2

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

याव॑ती॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी व॑रि॒म्णा यावत् स॒प्त सिन्ध॑वो वितष्ठि॒रे। वाचं॑ वि॒षस्य॒ दूष॑णीं॒ तामि॒तो निर॑वादिषम्

IAST Transliteration

yā́vatī dyā́vā-pṛthivī́ varímṇā yā́vat saptá síndhavo vitaṣṭhiré | vā́caṃ víṣasya dū́ṣaṇīṃ tā́m itó nír avādiṣam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As wide as Heaven and Earth in their broad expanse, as far as the Seven Rivers have stretched abroad—so far have I spoken forth and banished from hence the poison’s tainting speech.

Translation

So weit Himmel und Erde in ihrer Weite reichen, so weit die Sieben Ströme sich ausgebreitet haben — so weit habe ich gesprochen und von hier verbannt die befleckende Rede des Giftes.

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Word by Word

• यावती: as great as / as far as (fem.)
• यावती: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यावत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्यावापृथिवी: heaven-and-earth
• द्यावापृथिवी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यावापृथिवी (समास; द्यौ + पृथिवी)

• वरिम्णा: by extent / by breadth
• वरिम्णा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरिमन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यावत्: as far as / up to the point that
• यावत्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध-शब्द)

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तन् (संख्या-शब्द)

• सिन्धवः: rivers / streams
• सिन्धवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)

• वितष्ठिरे: have extended / have spread out
• वितष्ठिरे: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + वि (उपसर्ग)

• वाचम्: speech / utterance
• वाचम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• विषस्य: of poison
• विषस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष (प्रातिपदिक)

• दूषणीम्: harmful / corrupting
• दूषणीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दूषणि (प्रातिपदिक; दूष्-धातोः नामधातु/स्त्रीप्रत्ययान्त)

• ताम्: that (her/it)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• इतः: from here
• इतः: Apādāna
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतः (अव्यय)

• निः: out / forth
• निः: (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निस्/निः (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अवादिषम्: I have uttered / I spoke forth
• अवादिषम्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Anti-poison power; cosmic bounds (Dyāvā-Pṛthivī) as witnesses

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (Atharvanic; long pādas with cosmographic simile)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta