Atharva Veda 16.6.2: Kanda 16, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 2
Sukta 6
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
उषो॒ यस्मा॑द् दु॒ष्वप्न्या॒दभै॒ष्माप॒ तदु॑च्छतु
IAST Transliteration
uṣó yásmād duṣsvápnyā́d abháiṣmā́pa tád ucchatu
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
O Dawn, from that evil dreaming wherefrom we were afraid—let that depart, let it be driven away.
Translation
हे उषा, जो बुरा सपना देख के हम डर गए थे, वो अब चला जाए। उसे यहाँ से भगा दो।
Word by Word
उषःO Dawn / Dawn (as agent)
उषः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootउषस्- (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा उषस् (देवी/कालवाचक संज्ञा)
यस्मात्from which / from whom
यस्मात्:
Apādāna
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दुष्वप्न्यात्from a bad dream / nightmare
दुष्वप्न्यात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootदुष्वप्न्य- (प्रातिपदिक; दु: + स्वप्न्य ‘bad dream’)
अभैष्मwe feared
अभैष्म:
(मुख्यक्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootभी (धातु) → अ-भैष्म (लुङ्; ‘we feared’)
अपaway, off
अप:
(क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्ग)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
तत्that (fear/evil)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उच्छतुlet it go away / let it be removed
उच्छतु:
(मुख्यक्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootछद्/छद् (धातु) + उद्- (उपसर्ग) → उच्छतु
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Uṣas (Dawn)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (requires confirmation)
Mantra Rasa
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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