Atharva Veda 11.3.110: Kanda 11, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 110

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒प्सु म॑रिष्य॒सीत्ये॑नमाह

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 11.3.110

IAST Transliteration

apsú maríṣyasī́ti enam ā́ha

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

‘In the waters shalt thou perish’: thus he addresseth him.

Translation

उसने उसे कहा कि पानी में ही मर जाएगा।

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Word by Word

• अ॒प्सु: in the waters
• अ॒प्सु: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक) → अप्सु (सप्त. बहु.)

• म॑रिष्य॒सि: you will die
• म॑रिष्य॒सि: (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मृ (मरणे)

• इति: thus / saying
• इति: (वाक्य-चिह्न/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एनम्

• आह: said
• आह: (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अह् (ब्रूवणे/कथने)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasic tradition (specific attribution varies by anukramaṇī; requires hymn-level collation for AVŚ 11.3).

Devata: Āpas (Waters) as medium of destruction/banishment; implicitly also the addressed target (enemy/affliction).

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like (mantra fragment); not a full metrical pāda in isolation.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: bhayankara