Atharva Veda 8.2.28: Kanda 8, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 28

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒ग्नेः शरी॑रमसि पारयि॒ष्णु र॑क्षो॒हासि॑ सपत्न॒हा। अथो॑ अमीव॒चात॑नः पू॒तुद्रु॒र्नाम॑ भेष॒जम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 8.2.28

IAST Transliteration

agnéḥ śárīram asi pārayiṣṇú rakṣohā́si sapatnahā́ | átho amīvācātánaḥ pūtudrúrnā́ma bheṣajám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thou art Agni’s very body, a bearer across; thou art a slayer of demons, a slayer of rivals; yea, a driver-off of sickness—Pūtudru by name, a remedy.

Translation

Du bist der Leib Agnis selbst, der Hinüberträger; du bist ein Erschläger der Rakṣas, ein Erschläger der Nebenbuhler; ja, ein Vertreiber der Krankheit — das Heilmittel namens Pūtudru.

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Word by Word

• अग्नेः: of Agni
• अग्नेः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• शरीरम्: body
• शरीरम्: कर्तृ/विधेय (predicate nominative with असि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर- (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• पारयिष्णु: one who carries across / rescuer
• पारयिष्णु: विशेषण (of the addressed ‘you’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पारयिष्णु- (कृदन्त; √पॄ/पॄ (पारयति) ‘to carry across, save’ + इष्णु)

• रक्षोहा: slayer of demons (rakṣas)
• रक्षोहा: कर्तृ/विधेय (predicate title)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: रक्षस्- + हन् (धातु) → रक्षो-हन् (कृदन्त/समास: तत्पुरुष)

• असि: you are
• असि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• सपत्नहा: slayer of rivals
• सपत्नहा: कर्तृ/विधेय (predicate title)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सपत्न- + हन् (धातु) → सपत्न-हन् (कृदन्त/समास)

• अथो: and also / moreover
• अथो: सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय (discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथो (अव्यय; अथ + उ)

• अमीवचातनः: remover of disease
• अमीवचातनः: कर्तृ/विधेय (predicate title)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अमीव- ‘disease’ + चातन- (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √चत्/चद् ‘to drive away, destroy’ → चातन ‘remover’)

• पूतुद्रुः: Pūtudru (a medicinal plant)
• पूतुद्रुः: कर्तृ/विधेय (apposition to ‘भेषजम्’/name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूतुद्रु- (प्रातिपदिक; औषधि/वनस्पति-नाम)

• नाम: by name / called
• नाम: विशेषण-सम्बन्ध (naming/apposition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable (usage) / Noun
• Root: नामन्- (प्रातिपदिक) / अथवा अव्यय ‘नाम’ (as ‘by name’)

• भेषजम्: remedy; medicine
• भेषजम्: कर्तृ/विधेय (predicate nominative; ‘(it) is a remedy’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज- (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution varies)

Devata: Agni (as power-source) and the personified Bhaiṣajya (Pūtudru)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta