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Atharva Veda 1.6.2: Kanda 1, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 2

Sukta 6

अ॒प्सु मे॒ सोमो॑ अब्रवीद॒न्तर्विश्वा॑नि भेष॒जा।अ॒ग्निं च॑ वि॒श्वशं॑ भुवम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 1.6.2

apsú me sómaḥ abravīd antár víśvāni bheṣajā́ | agníṃ ca viśváśaṃ bhuvam

In the waters Soma spake to me: ‘Within are all the medicines; and Agni too, existent as the healer of all.’

सोम ने पानी में मुझसे कहा कि सारी दवाईयाँ पानी के अंदर हैं। अग्नि भी पानी में है जो सबको ठीक करता है। पानी में सब कुछ है जो हमें चाहिए।

अ॒प्सुin the waters
अ॒प्सु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक) → अप्सु
मेmy / to me
मे:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सोमःSoma (the plant/deity)
सोमः:
कर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (पुं. प्रातिपदिक)
अब्रवीत्said / spoke
अब्रवीत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
अन्तःwithin, inside
अन्तः:
विशेषण (स्थान/अन्तर्भाव)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्तर् (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थक)
विश्वानिall
विश्वानि:
कर्म (भेषजानि इति सह—सम्बद्ध)
TypeAdjective (substantive use)
Rootविश्व (सर्व/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
भेषजाremedies, medicines
भेषजा:
कर्म/वाक्यविषय
TypeNoun
Rootभेषज (नपुं. प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निम्Agni (fire/deity)
अग्निम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (पुं. प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
समुच्चय
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
विश्वशम्all-healing, universally beneficent
विश्वशम्:
कर्म (अग्निम्-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्वशम् (अव्यय/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; ‘सर्व-शम्’ = सर्व-कल्याणकर)
भुवम्being, becoming (i.e., as one who is/exists)
भुवम्:
कर्म (अग्निम्-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective (participle-like)
Rootभू (धातु) → भुव (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; शतृ/वसुः-प्रकारेण ‘भवन्/भुवन्’ अर्थः)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages; specific r̥ṣi attribution for this short healing unit is not uniform across ancillary lists).

Devata: Soma in the waters; Agni as viśvaśam (universal healer); implicitly Āpas (Waters) as the medicinal matrix.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (by cadence and pāda-structure typical of early AV healing verses; exact metrical scansion may vary with pada division).

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta

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