Atharva Veda 6.44.3: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 5, Sukta 44, Mantra 3

Sukta 44

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

रु॒द्रस्य॒ मूत्र॑मस्य॒मृत॑स्य॒ नाभिः॑ । वि॒षा॒ण॒का नाम॒ वा अ॑सि पितॄ॒णां मूला॒दुत्थि॑ता वातीकृत॒नाश॑नी

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 6.44.3

IAST Transliteration

rudrásya mū́tram asi amṛ́tasya nā́bhiḥ | viṣāṇakā́ nā́ma vā́ asi pitṝṇā́ṃ mū́lād utthitā vātī́kṛta-nā́śanī ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thou art Rudra’s urine, the navel of ambrosia. ‘Viṣāṇakā’ indeed is thy name—sprung from the root of the Fathers—a destroyer of disorders wrought by Wind.

Translation

Du bist Rudras Urin, der Nabel des Amṛta. »Viṣāṇakā« ist wahrlich dein Name, aus der Wurzel der Väter hervorgegangen, Vernichterin der vom Wind bewirkten Störungen.

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Word by Word

• रुद्रस्य: of Rudra
• रुद्रस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• मूत्रम्: urine
• मूत्रम्: कर्तृ/विधेय-नाम (predicative nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: (सम्बन्धक क्रिया) — copula
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• अमृतस्य: of immortality / of ambrosia
• अमृतस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• नाभिः: navel; central source
• नाभिः: कर्तृ/विधेय-नाम (predicative nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाभि (प्रातिपदिक)

• विषाणका: (a plant/drug called) viṣāṇaka
• विषाणका: कर्तृ/विधेय-नाम (appositional/predicative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषाणक (प्रातिपदिक)

• नाम: by name; called
• नाम: विशेषण-सम्बन्ध (naming marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन्/नाम (अव्यय-प्रयोग)

• वा: indeed / or (particle)
• वा: समुच्चय/विकल्प (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)

• असि: you are
• असि: (सम्बन्धक क्रिया) — copula
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• पितॄणाम्: of the Fathers (ancestors)
• पितॄणाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• मूलात्: from the root
• मूलात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत्थिता: risen up; sprung forth
• उत्थिता: कर्तृ/विधेय-विशेषण (agreeing with implied feminine subject, e.g., ओषधिः)
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: उत्-स्था (धातु) → उत्थित (कृदन्त)

• वाती: (called) vātī / wind-like (epithet)
• वाती: विशेषण/नाम (epithet)
• Type: Indeclinable (name/epithet usage)
• Root: वाति (अव्यय/निपात-प्रयोग; ‘वाती’ इति नाम/विशेषण-रूपेण)

• कृत: made; effected
• कृत: विशेषण (in compound with nāśanī)
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त)

• नाशनी: destroyer; remover (of disease/evil)
• नाशनी: कर्तृ/विधेय-नाम (predicative/appositional)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: नाशनी (प्रातिपदिक; √नश्/नाश ‘to destroy’ से)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Rudra / Bheṣaja (remedy personified as Rudra’s essence)

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (Atharvanic medical verses often loosen strict metrical regularity)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta