Atharva Veda 3.7.6: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 6

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदा॑सु॒तेः क्रि॒यमा॑णायाः क्षेत्रि॒यं त्वा॑ व्यान॒शे। वेदा॒हं तस्य॑ भेष॒जं क्षे॑त्रि॒यं ना॑शयामि॒ त्वत्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.7.6

IAST Transliteration

yádā́sutéḥ kriyámāṇāyāḥ kṣetríyaṃ tvā́ vyānaśé | védā́háṃ tásya bheṣajáṃ kṣétriyaṃ nā́śayāmi tvát ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

When the pressing is a-doing, when the operation is in act, thee, O Kṣetriya, I overtake and encompass. I know the medicine thereof: the Kṣetriya I destroy—away from thee.

Translation

जब कोई बिमारी का काम चल रहा हो, तब मैं उस बिमारी को पकड़ लेता हूँ। मैं उसकी दवाई जानता हूँ। मैं उस बिमारी को तुमसे दूर कर देता हूँ।

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Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)

• असुतेः: of the pressing/extraction (i.e., at the time of producing)
• असुतेः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुति- (प्रातिपदिक; √सु ‘to press/extract’ → असुति ‘pressing/extraction/production’)

• क्रियमाणायाः: being done/being performed
• क्रियमाणायाः: Viśeṣaṇa (qualifier) of असुतेः
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: √कृ (कृ-धातु) → क्रियमाण (वर्तमान-कर्तरि/कर्मणि कृदन्त; here passive) + स्त्री-प्रत्यय

• क्षेत्रियम्: the kṣetriya-disease/field-born affliction
• क्षेत्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: क्षेत्रिय- (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma (of व्यानशे)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• व्यानशे: has reached/has come upon
• व्यानशे: Kriyā (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नश् (नश्/अश् ‘to reach, attain, come upon’) with vi-

• वेद: I know
• वेद: Kriyā (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (to know)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartā (of वेद/नाशयामि)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम)

• तस्य: of that (affliction)
• तस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• भेषजम्: remedy, medicine
• भेषजम्: Karma (of वेद: ‘know (as) the remedy’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज- (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षेत्रियम्: the kṣetriya-disease/field-born affliction
• क्षेत्रियम्: Karma (of नाशयामि)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: क्षेत्रिय- (प्रातिपदिक)

• नाशयामि: I destroy, I drive away
• नाशयामि: Kriyā (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नश्/नाशय् (causative of √नश्/√नाश् ‘to perish’ → ‘to destroy’)

• त्वत्: from you
• त्वत्: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (attribution varies by anukramaṇī for this healing cycle)

Devata: Bheṣajá / expulsion of Kṣetriya (disease-demon)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; common for concise healing charms)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira