Atharva Veda 4.6.3: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 3

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सु॒प॒र्णस्त्वा॑ ग॒रुत्मा॒न्विष॑ प्रथ॒ममा॑वयत्। नामी॑मदो॒ नारू॑रुप उ॒तास्मा॑ अभवः पि॒तुः

IAST Transliteration

supárṇas tvā́ garútmān víṣa prathamám ā́vayat | ná amī́madaḥ ná ārū́rupa utā́smā abhavaḥ pitúḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The fair-winged Garutmant first drove thee off, O Poison. Thou didst not bewilder, thou didst not wound; yea, for this man thou wast made as a father.

Translation

Suparṇa, der Garutmān, trieb dich zuerst fort, o Gift. Du verwirrtest nicht, du verwundetest nicht; ja, für diesen Menschen wurdest du wie ein Vater.

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Word by Word

• सुपर्णः: the fair-winged one (bird)
• सुपर्णः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुपर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गरुत्मान्: Garutmān (Garuda)
• गरुत्मान्: कर्तृ (सुपर्णः का विशेषण/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• विष: poison
• विष: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रथमम्: first
• प्रथमम्: कर्म (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)

• आवयत्: prepared/produced (brought about)
• आवयत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वे (वेञ् तन्तुसन्ताने/वायौ; caus./denom. sense here: ‘to weave/prepare/bring about’)

• न: not
• न: सम्बन्ध/निषेध
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध)

• अमीमदः: you did not become intoxicated/deranged
• अमीमदः: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मद् (हर्षे/मदे) + आङ्; reduplicated aorist formation

• न: nor/not
• न: सम्बन्ध/निषेध
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध)

• अरूरुपः: you did not become deformed/change form
• अरूरुपः: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रूप्/√रुप् (रूपे/विकारे) ; reduplicated aorist formation

• उत: and also
• उत: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (समुच्चय/अपि)

• अस्मै: to this one / for him
• अस्मै: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अभवः: you became
• अभवः: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (सत्तायाम्)

• पितुः: of (your) father
• पितुः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Garuḍa/Suparṇa as viṣa-hara; addressed poison as adversary

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (Atharvanic; compact negation formulae)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta