Atharva Veda 4.6.2: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 2

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

याव॑ती॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी व॑रि॒म्णा यावत् स॒प्त सिन्ध॑वो वितष्ठि॒रे। वाचं॑ वि॒षस्य॒ दूष॑णीं॒ तामि॒तो निर॑वादिषम्

IAST Transliteration

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

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

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.

Translation

Aussi vaste que le Ciel et la Terre dans leur ample étendue, aussi loin que se sont déployés les Sept Fleuves — jusque-là j’ai parlé, et d’ici j’ai banni la parole souillante du poison.

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Word by Word

• यावती: as great as / as far as (fem.)
• यावती: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यावत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्यावापृथिवी: heaven-and-earth
• द्यावापृथिवी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यावापृथिवी (समास; द्यौ + पृथिवी)

• वरिम्णा: by extent / by breadth
• वरिम्णा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरिमन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यावत्: as far as / up to the point that
• यावत्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध-शब्द)

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तन् (संख्या-शब्द)

• सिन्धवः: rivers / streams
• सिन्धवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)

• वितष्ठिरे: have extended / have spread out
• वितष्ठिरे: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + वि (उपसर्ग)

• वाचम्: speech / utterance
• वाचम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• विषस्य: of poison
• विषस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष (प्रातिपदिक)

• दूषणीम्: harmful / corrupting
• दूषणीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दूषणि (प्रातिपदिक; दूष्-धातोः नामधातु/स्त्रीप्रत्ययान्त)

• ताम्: that (her/it)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• इतः: from here
• इतः: Apādāna
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतः (अव्यय)

• निः: out / forth
• निः: (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निस्/निः (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अवादिषम्: I have uttered / I spoke forth
• अवादिषम्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग)

Attribution

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)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta