Atharva Veda 6.85.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 9, Sukta 85, Mantra 2

Sukta 85

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इन्द्र॑स्य॒ वच॑सा व॒यं मि॒त्रस्य॒ वरु॑णस्य च । दे॒वानां॒ सर्वे॑षां वा॒चा यक्ष्मं॑ ते वारयामहे

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 6.85.2

IAST Transliteration

índrasya vácasā vayáṃ mitrásya váruṇasya ca | devā́nāṃ sárveṣāṃ vācā́ yákṣmaṃ te vārayāmahe

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With Indra’s word, with Mitra’s and with Varuṇa’s, yea with the speech of all the Gods, we ward from thee the wasting-sickness and repel it.

Translation

Mit Indras Wort, mit dem Wort Mitras und Varuṇas, ja mit der Rede aller Götter, wehren wir von dir die Schwindsucht ab und stoßen sie zurück.

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Word by Word

• इन्द्रस्य: of Indra
• इन्द्रस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वचसा: by (the) word/speech
• वचसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मित्रस्य: of Mitra
• मित्रस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वरुणस्य: of Varuṇa
• वरुणस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• वाचा: by speech/utterance
• वाचा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यक्ष्मम्: disease, wasting illness
• यक्ष्मम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: for you, to you
• ते: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वारयामहे: we ward off / we keep away
• वारयामहे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (वारयति = निवारयति; causative)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (to be verified via anukramaṇī)

Devata: Indra; Mitra-Varuṇa; collectively All Gods (Viśve Devāḥ) as speech-powers

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; confirm by scansion)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira