Atharva Veda 4.37.6: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 37, Mantra 6

Sukta 37

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एयम॑ग॒न्नोष॑धीनां वी॒रुधां॑ वी॒र्याऽवती । अ॒ज॒शृ॒ङ्ग्यऽराट॒की ती॑क्ष्णशृ॒ङ्गी व्यृऽषतु

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.37.6

IAST Transliteration

éyam agan óṣadhīnāṃ vīrudhā́ṃ vīryà-vatī́ | ajaśr̥ṅgī́ ’rāṭakī́ tīkṣṇaśr̥ṅgī́ ví r̥ṣatu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hither hath come the potent one of herbs, of plants, endowed with strength: Ajaśṛṅgī, Arāṭakī, the Sharp-horned—let her drive (the ill) forth and away.

Translation

Hierher ist die Kraftvolle unter den Kräutern und Pflanzen gekommen, mit Stärke begabt: Ajaśṛṅgī, Arāṭakī, die Scharfgehörnte — sie treibe (das Übel) hinaus und fort.

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Word by Word

• एयम्: this (female one); (name of a herb)
• एयम्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: एयम् (प्रातिपदिक; इदम्-प्रकारः) अथवा एयम् (औषधि-नाम)

• अगन्: went; came forth
• अगन्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्

• ओषधीनाम्: of the herbs
• ओषधीनाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि

• वीरुधाम्: of the plants/creepers
• वीरुधाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरुध्

• वीर्यावती: possessing strength/potency
• वीर्यावती: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्

• अजशृङ्गी: Ajāśṛṅgī (goat-horned; a herb-name)
• अजशृङ्गी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज-शृङ्गिन् (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• अराटकी: Arāṭakī (a herb-name)
• अराटकी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अराटकी (औषधि-नाम)

• तीक्ष्णशृङ्गी: Tīkṣṇaśṛṅgī (sharp-horned; a herb-name)
• तीक्ष्णशृङ्गी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीक्ष्ण-शृङ्गिन् (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart; forth; intensively
• वि: Upasarga
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि

• ऋषतु: let it/they rush forth; let it/they move swiftly
• ऋषतु: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋष्

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anonymous)

Devata: Oṣadhis (Herbs) personified; specific named plants

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta