Atharva Veda 6.52.3: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 6, Sukta 52, Mantra 3

Sukta 52

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ॒यु॒र्ददं॑ विप॒श्चितं॑ श्रु॒तां कण्व॑स्य वी॒रुध॑म्। आभा॑रिषं वि॒श्वभे॑षजीम॒स्यादृष्टा॒न् नि श॑मयत्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 6.52.3

IAST Transliteration

āyuḥ-dádaṁ vipáścitaṁ śrutā́ṁ káṇvasya vīrúdham | ā́bhāriṣaṁ viśvá-bheṣajīm asyā́dṛṣṭā́n ní śamayat

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Life-giving, wise, of good report—the herb of Kaṇva—have I brought hither: the all-medicining one; may it lay to rest, for this man, the unseen (ills).

Translation

Lebensspendend, weise, von gutem Ruf — das Kraut des Kaṇva — habe ich hierher gebracht: das allheilende. Möge es für diesen Menschen die unsichtbaren Leiden zur Ruhe bringen.

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Word by Word

• आयुः: life, lifespan
• आयुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक) < √इ (गत्यर्थ) (निघण्टु-परम्परा) / आयुस्-शब्द

• ददत्: giving, bestowing
• ददत्: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √दा (दाने)

• विपश्चितम्: wise, discerning
• विपश्चितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपश्चित् (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रुताम्: the famed/renowned (one); the heard-of (fame)
• श्रुताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: श्रुता (√श्रु → श्रुत, क्त-प्रत्यय) / श्रुता- (प्रातिपदिक)

• कण्वस्य: of Kaṇva
• कण्वस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: कण्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• वीरुधम्: healing plant, herb
• वीरुधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरुध् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards, unto (prefix)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• अभारिषम्: I brought, I bore (hither)
• अभारिषम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भरणे) + आ-

• विश्वभेषजीम्: all-healing, possessing remedies for all
• विश्वभेषजीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: विश्व-भेषजी (प्रातिपदिक; विश्व + भेषजिन्/भेषजी ‘having remedies’)

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अदृष्टान्: unseen (ones/things), invisible (afflictions)
• अदृष्टान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अदृष्ट (a- + √दृश → दृष्ट, क्त) (प्रातिपदिक)

• नि: down, away (prefix)
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग)

• शमयत्: he/she/it pacified, quelled
• शमयत्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शम् (उपशमे) / √शम् (शमने) + नि-

Attribution

Rishi: Kaṇva (by internal mention/association)

Devata: Vīrudh (the healing herb) as personified medicine; implicitly ‘All-healing’ Bhaiṣajya

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; Atharvanic healing verses commonly fall into anuṣṭubh-like cadence)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta