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Atharva Veda 2.8.3: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 3

Sukta 8

ब॒भ्रोरर्जु॑नकाण्डस्य॒ यव॑स्य ते पला॒ल्या तिल॑स्य तिलपि॒ञ्ज्या। वीरुत् क्षे॑त्रिय॒नाश॒न्यप॑ क्षेत्रि॒यमु॑च्छतु

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.8.3

babhrór árjunakāṇḍasya yávasyá te palā́lyā tilásya tilapiñjyā́ | vīrút kṣetriyanā́śany ápá kṣetriyám ucchatu ||

With babhru, with Arjuna’s stalk, with barley for thee; with chaff, with sesame, with sesame-paste—let Virut, the kṣetriya-destroyer, thrust the kṣetriya away.

बभ्रु से, अर्जुन की डाल से, जौ से। तुह के भूसी से, तिल से, तिल की लीप से। वीरुत नाम की शक्ति है जो क्षेत्रिय रोग को मारती है। यह रोग को बाहर भगा दे। दूर कर दे।

बभ्रोःof the brown (plant/substance)
बभ्रोः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun
Rootबभ्रु- (प्रातिपदिक)
अर्जुनकाण्डस्यof the arjuna-stalk (arjuna plant’s stem)
अर्जुनकाण्डस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्जुनकाण्ड- (प्रातिपदिक)
यवस्यof barley
यवस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun
Rootयव- (प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you/thy
ते:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पलाल्याwith chaff (straw)
पलाल्या:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootपलालि- (प्रातिपदिक)
तिलस्यof sesame
तिलस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun
Rootतिल- (प्रातिपदिक)
तिलपिञ्ज्याwith sesame-husk/with the sesame-mixture (sesame refuse)
तिलपिञ्ज्या:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootतिलपिञ्जी- (प्रातिपदिक; तिल + पिञ्जी)
वीरुत्the herb/plant
वीरुत्:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootवीरुध्/वीरुत्- (प्रातिपदिक)
क्षेत्रियनाशनीdestroyer of ‘kṣetriya’ disease
क्षेत्रियनाशनी:
कर्तृ (वीरुतः विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (used as noun epithet)
Rootक्षेत्रियनाशनी- (प्रातिपदिक; क्षेत्रिय + नाशनी)
अपaway, off
अप:
उपसर्ग/दिशा-निर्देश (वियोग/अपगम-अर्थः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअप (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
क्षेत्रियम्the kṣetriya (a disease/affliction)
क्षेत्रियम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootक्षेत्रिय- (प्रातिपदिक)
उच्छतुlet it drive out / remove
उच्छतु:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootछद्/छिद् (धातु; वैदिक प्रयोगः—उद् + √छद्/छिद्, ‘उच्छ-’)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi attribution for AVŚ 2.8 varies by anukramaṇī; commonly treated as Atharvan/Angiras-type healing seers).

Devata: Vīrut (as plant-deity/plant-power) and the medicinal substances; the target is kṣetriya as disease-demon.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant AV healing meter; this verse is in the common 8+8 cadence with a caesura).

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta

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