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Mantra 2

Sukta 6

यावती द्यावापृथिवी वरिम्णा यावत् सप्त सिन्धवो वितष्ठिरे। वाचं विषस्य दूषणीं तामितो निरवादिषम्

yā́vatī dyā́vā-pṛthivī́ varímṇā yā́vat saptá síndhavo vitaṣṭhiré | vā́caṃ víṣasya dū́ṣaṇīṃ tā́m itó nír avādiṣam

As wide as Heaven and Earth in their broad expanse, as far as the Seven Rivers have stretched abroad—so far have I spoken forth and banished from hence the poison’s tainting speech.

यावतीas great as / as far as (fem.)
यावती:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootयावत् (प्रातिपदिक)
द्यावापृथिवीheaven-and-earth
द्यावापृथिवी:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootद्यावापृथिवी (समास; द्यौ + पृथिवी)
वरिम्णाby extent / by breadth
वरिम्णा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवरिमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
यावत्as far as / up to the point that
यावत्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयावत् (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध-शब्द)
सप्तseven
सप्त:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्तन् (संख्या-शब्द)
सिन्धवःrivers / streams
सिन्धवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
वितष्ठिरेhave extended / have spread out
वितष्ठिरे:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु) + वि (उपसर्ग)
वाचम्speech / utterance
वाचम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
विषस्यof poison
विषस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootविष (प्रातिपदिक)
दूषणीम्harmful / corrupting
दूषणीम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदूषणि (प्रातिपदिक; दूष्-धातोः नामधातु/स्त्रीप्रत्ययान्त)
ताम्that (her/it)
ताम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
इतःfrom here
इतः:
Apādāna
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइतः (अव्यय)
निःout / forth
निः:
(क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनिस्/निः (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
अवादिषम्I have uttered / I spoke forth
अवादिषम्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवद् (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Anti-poison power; cosmic bounds (Dyāvā-Pṛthivī) as witnesses

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (Atharvanic; long pādas with cosmographic simile)

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