Atharva Veda 7.116.2: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 12, Sukta 116, Mantra 2

Sukta 116

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यो अ॑न्ये॒द्युरु॑भय॒द्युर॒भ्येती॒मं म॒ण्डूकम॒भ्येऽत्वव्र॒तः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.116.2

IAST Transliteration

yó anyedyúḥ ubháyadyúḥ abhyéti imáṃ maṇḍū́kam abhí etu avratáḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What fever, whether of the next day or of both days, cometh on—let that lawless one go forth upon this frog.

Translation

Welches Fieber auch immer — das des nächsten Tages oder das beider Tage — herankommt: möge jener Gesetzlose auf diesen Frosch übergehen.

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Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्येद्युः: on another day / the next day
• अन्येद्युः: अधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्येद्युः (अव्यय; अन्य + इद्युः/द्युः ‘day’)

• उभयद्युः: on both days
• उभयद्युः: अधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उभयद्युः (अव्यय; उभय + द्युः ‘day’)

• अभ्येति: approaches / comes up to
• अभ्येति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (इण्) + अभि- (उपसर्ग)

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मण्डूकम्: frog
• मण्डूकम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डूक (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभ्येति: approaches
• अभ्येति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (इण्) + अभि- (उपसर्ग)

• अत्वव्रतः: one whose vow/observance is ‘atva’ (i.e., of a peculiar/irregular observance)
• अत्वव्रतः: कर्तृ (यः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अत्वव्रत (प्रातिपदिक; अत्व + व्रत)

Attribution

Rishi: As hymn 7.116 (Anukramaṇī attribution requires edition confirmation).

Devata: Jvara (intermittent/quotidian forms).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (requires verification).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta