Atharva Veda 9.6.16 — Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 16

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शूर्पं॑ प॒वित्रं॒ तुषा॑ ऋजी॒षाभि॒षव॑णी॒रापः॑

IAST Transliteration

śū́rpaṃ pavítraṃ tuṣā́ ṛjīṣā́bhiṣavaṇī́r ā́paḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The winnowing-fan is the purifier; the husks are the ṛjīṣa; the waters (here) are the pressing-waters.

Translation

Die Wurfschaufel (śūrpa) ist der Reiniger (pavitra); die Spelzen sind das ṛjīṣa; und die Wasser hier sind die Presswässer (abhiṣavaṇīr āpaḥ).

Word by Word

• शूर्पम्: winnowing-basket (as an object/implement mentioned)
• शूर्पम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर्प (प्रातिपदिक)

• पवित्रम्: purifier; strainer (ritual filter)
• पवित्रम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• तुषा: with chaff/husk
• तुषा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋजीषाभिः: with the pressed stalks/residue (of soma); with fibrous remains
• ऋजीषाभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋजीष (प्रातिपदिक)

• सवनीः: belonging to the pressing/pressing-times; fit for pressing
• सवनीः: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सवन (प्रातिपदिक)

• आपः: waters
• आपः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here)

Devata: Pavitra / Āpaḥ (purifying agencies)

Chandas: List-style, quasi-prose; meter uncertain

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta