Atharva Veda 20.96.12: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 10, Sukta 96, Mantra 12

Sukta 96

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यस्ते॒ गर्भ॒ममी॑वा दु॒र्णामा॒ योनि॑मा॒शये॑ । अ॒ग्निष्टं ब्रह्म॑णा स॒ह निष्क्र॒व्याद॑मनीनशत्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.96.12

IAST Transliteration

yás te gárbham amī́vā durṇā́mā yónim ā́śaye | agníṣ ṭáṃ bráhmaṇā sahá níṣkravyā́dam anīnaśat ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What wasting, ill-named ill lies lodged within thy womb, upon the embryo—Agni, with brahman for his fellow, hath driven that forth as a flesh-devourer.

Translation

जो भी बिमारी गर्भ में फंसी है, वो अब निकल गई। अग्नि ने उसे बाहर कर दिया। वो बुरी चीज जैसे मांस खाने वाली थी, अब चली गई।

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Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गर्भम्: embryo, fetus
• गर्भम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमीवा: disease, sickness
• अमीवा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमीवा (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुर्नामा: of evil name; malignant
• दुर्नामा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: दुर्नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• योनिम्: womb, birthplace
• योनिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)

• आशये: lies in, rests in
• आशये: Kartā
• Type: Verb (finite)
• Root: आ-शी (धातु) / आ-शय (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निः: Agni (fire)
• अग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• तम्: that (him/it)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मणा: with sacred formula / with brahman-power
• ब्रह्मणा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) / ब्रह्म (नपुंसक) सन्दर्भे मन्त्र-बलः

• सह: together with
• सह: Karaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)

• निष्क्रव्यादम्: the flesh-eating demon (one who eats raw flesh)
• निष्क्रव्यादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्-क्रव्याद (प्रातिपदिक; ‘raw-flesh-eater’, राक्षसादि)

• अनीनशत्: drove away, destroyed
• अनीनशत्: Kartā
• Type: Verb (finite)
• Root: नश् (धातु) with reduplication (अ-नी-नश्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Agni (with brahman as enabling force)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: shanta