Atharva Veda 7.116.1: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 12, Sukta 116, Mantra 1

Sukta 116

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ज्वरनाशनम्। नमो॑ रू॒राय॒ च्यव॑नाय॒ नोद॑नाय धृ॒ष्णवे॑ । नमः॑ शी॒ताय॑ पूर्वकाम॒कृत्व॑ने

IAST Transliteration

námo rú̄rāya cyávānāya nódanāya dhr̥ṣṇáve | námaḥ śītā́ya pū́rva-kā́ma-kŕ̥tvane

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Homage to Rūra, to Cyavana, to the Urger, to the Bold one. Homage to the Cold (fever), to him who maketh good the former wish.

Translation

Vernichtung des Fiebers. Verehrung dem Rūra, dem Cyavana, dem Antreiber, dem Kühnen. Verehrung dem Śīta (dem Kalten, dem Fieber), dem, der den früheren Wunsch erfüllt.

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Word by Word

• नमः: obeisance; homage
• नमः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• रूराय: to the fierce one (Rudra)
• रूराय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: रूर (प्रातिपदिक; रुद्र-विशेषण)

• च्यवनाय: to the one who makes (it) fall/decline; the dislodger
• च्यवनाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: च्यवन (प्रातिपदिक; ‘च्यव्’ धातु-सम्बद्ध नाम)

• नोदनाय: to the driver-away; impeller
• नोदनाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: नोदन (प्रातिपदिक; √नुद् ‘to push, drive’)

• धृष्णवे: to the bold/unyielding one
• धृष्णवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used as epithet)
• Root: धृष्णु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bold, daring’)

• नमः: obeisance
• नमः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शीताय: to the cool/cold one
• शीताय: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used as epithet)
• Root: शीत (प्रातिपदिक)

• पूर्वकामकृत्वने: to the fulfiller/maker of former (earlier) desires
• पूर्वकामकृत्वने: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: पूर्वकामकृत्वन् (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास: पूर्व + काम + कृत्वन्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn ascribed in the Anukramaṇī to Atharvan/Angiras-type seers; requires edition-specific confirmation).

Devata: Jvara (Fever) personified; śīta-jvara as a specific form.

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (requires metrical verification against full pada-count in critical text).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna