Atharva Veda 4.7.2: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 2

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒र॒सं प्रा॒च्यंऽवि॒षम॑र॒सं यदु॑दी॒च्यऽम्। अथे॒दम॑धरा॒च्यं॑ कर॒म्भेण॒ वि क॑ल्पते

IAST Transliteration

arásaṃ prā́cyaṃ ’víṣam arásaṃ yád udī́cyaṃ | áthédám adharā́cyaṃ karambhéṇa ví kalpate

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Sapless is the eastern portion, harmless and sapless that which is the northern: then this southern share is duly ordered and made ready with karambha-gruel.

Translation

Saftlos ist der östliche Anteil; harmlos und saftlos ist, was im Norden ist. Dann wird dieser südliche Teil recht geordnet und mit Karambha-Brei zubereitet.

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Word by Word

• अरसम्: tasteless, sapless
• अरसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-रस (प्रातिपदिक: अरस)

• प्राच्यम्: eastern (one/thing)
• प्राच्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (directional)
• Root: प्राच्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अविषम्: non-poisonous
• अविषम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-विष (प्रातिपदिक: अविष)

• अरसम्: tasteless, sapless
• अरसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-रस (प्रातिपदिक: अरस)

• यत्: which (that)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उदीच्यम्: northern (one/thing)
• उदीच्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (directional)
• Root: उदीच्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अथ: then, next
• अथ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अधराच्यम्: southern (one/thing)
• अधराच्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (directional)
• Root: अधराच्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• करम्भेण: with gruel/porridge (karambha)
• करम्भेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: करम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart, distinctly; (as preverb)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• कल्पते: is arranged/prepared; becomes fit
• कल्पते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कॢप् (कॢप्/कल्प्) आत्मनेपदी

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (ascribed generically; hymn-level attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition)

Devata: Karambha/food as pacifying medium; implicitly the healing power of Oṣadhi and apotropaic speech (vāc)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical confirmation against pada-count in a critical text)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta