Atharva Veda 7.65.3: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 7, Sukta 65, Mantra 3

Sukta 65

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

श्या॒वद॑ता कुन॒खिना॑ ब॒ण्डेन॒ यत् स॒हासि॒म। अपा॑मार्ग॒ त्वया॑ व॒यं सर्वं॒ तदप॑ मृज्महे

IAST Transliteration

śyāvadátā kunakhínā baṇḍéna yát sahā́sima | apāmārga tváyā vayáṃ sárvaṃ tád ápa mṛjmahe ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whatsoever with the dark-toothed, with the evil-nailed, with the binder we have consorted—O Apāmārga, by thee we wipe away from us all that utterly.

Translation

Was immer wir im Umgang mit dem Dunkelzähnigen, dem Bösnagligen, dem Fesselnden getan haben—o Apāmārga, durch dich wischen wir all das gänzlich von uns ab.

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Word by Word

• श्या॒वद॑ता: with the dark-toothed (one)
• श्या॒वद॑ता: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्यावदत (प्रातिपदिक; श्याव ‘dark’ + दत ‘toothed’)

• कुन॒खिना॑: with the ill-nailed / deformed-nailed (one)
• कुन॒खिना॑: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुनखिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ब॒ण्डेन॒: with the club / cudgel
• ब॒ण्डेन॒: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: बण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: whatever (that)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• स॒हासि॒म्: the mockery / derisive laughter
• स॒हासि॒म्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहासि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘laughing/derisive’)

• अपामार्ग: O Apāmārga (the herb Achyranthes aspera)
• अपामार्ग: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपामार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वया: by you / with you
• त्वया: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• व॒यम्: we
• व॒यम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अप: away, off
• अप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• मृज्महे: we wipe/clean away
• मृज्महे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मृज् (मार्जने)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in supplied excerpt)

Devata: Apāmārga (as cleanser/unbinder)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: bhayankara

Secondary: shanta