Atharva Veda 4.7.3: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 3

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

क॒र॒म्भं कृ॒त्वा ति॒र्यंऽपीबस्पा॒कमु॑दार॒थिम्। क्षु॒धा किल॑ त्वा दुष्टनो जक्षि॒वान्त्स न रू॑रुपः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.7.3

IAST Transliteration

karambháṃ kṛtvā tiryáṅ ’pība spākám udārathím | kṣudhā́ kíla tvā duṣṭano jakṣivā́nt sá ná rūrupaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Having made the karambha, drink it sideways—our easing draught: for hunger verily hath driven thee, O ill-bodied one, that hast been devouring; so do thou not work deformity.

Translation

Nachdem du Karambha bereitet hast, trink ihn seitwärts — unseren lindernden Trank. Denn Hunger, wahrlich, hat dich getrieben, du Missgestalteter, der du gefressen hast; so wirke keine Verunstaltung.

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Word by Word

• करम्भम्: barley-gruel / thick porridge
• करम्भम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: करम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृत्वा: having made / having prepared
• कृत्वा: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• तिर्यम्: obliquely / sideways
• तिर्यम्: कर्म (क्रियाविशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तिर्यञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपि: also / even
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (निपात)

• अबः: he drank
• अबः: कर्तृ (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)

• पाकम्: cooked food / a cooked dish
• पाकम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाक (प्रातिपदिक)

• उदारथिम्: having a generous chariot / bountifully provided (epithet)
• उदारथिम्: कर्म (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदारथि (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षुधा: with hunger / by hunger
• क्षुधा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुध् (प्रातिपदिक)

• किल: indeed / surely
• किल: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल (निपात)

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

• दुष्टनः: the evil-bodied one / malicious being
• दुष्टनः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्टनु (प्रातिपदिक)

• जक्षिवान्: having eaten / eater
• जक्षिवान्: कर्ता (विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जक्ष् (धातु)

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• रूरुपः: deformed / misshapen
• रूरुपः: कर्ता (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूरुप (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (hymn-level attribution varies)

Devata: Personified disease/hostile agent constrained by mantra; karambha as the operative medium

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical confirmation)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: raudra