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Atharva Veda 3.9.1: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 9, Mantra 1

Sukta 9

दुःखनाशनम्। क॒र्शफ॑स्य विश॒फस्य॒ द्यौः पि॒ता पृ॑थि॒वी मा॒ता। यथा॑भिच॒क्र दे॑वा॒स्तथाप॑ कृणुता॒ पुनः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.9.1

duḥkhanāśanam | karśáphasya viśáphasya dyáuḥ pitā́ pṛthivī́ mātā́ | yáthābhicakrá devā́s tathā́pa kṛṇuta púnaḥ

For the destruction of suffering: of Karśapha, of Viśapha—Heaven is father, Earth is mother. As the Gods once drave (the evil) back, so now do ye drive it away, and bring (the sufferer) back again to soundness.

यह मंत्र दुख दूर करने के लिए है। आसमान बाप है और धरती माँ है। जैसे देवों ने बुराई को पीछे धकेला था, वैसे ही तुम भी उसे हटा दो और वापस ठीक कर दो।

दुःखpain, suffering
दुःख:
— (समासाङ्ग)
TypeNoun
Rootदुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
नाशनम्destroying; destruction; remover
नाशनम्:
— (शीर्षक/नामपद)
TypeNoun
Rootनाशन (नश् धातु < नश्/नश्यति; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
कर्शफस्यof the kárśapha (a named being/term; lit. ‘lean/rough-hoofed’?)
कर्शफस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्शफ (प्रातिपदिक)
विशफस्यof the víśapha (a named being/term; lit. ‘wide/all-hoofed’?)
विशफस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootविशफ (प्रातिपदिक)
द्यौःHeaven, the Sky
द्यौः:
कर्तृ (copular subject)
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
पिताfather
पिता:
कर्तृ (predicate nominative)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
पृथिवीEarth
पृथिवी:
कर्तृ (copular subject)
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
माताmother
माता:
कर्तृ (predicate nominative)
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
यथाas, just as
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
अभिचक्रa hostile turning/attack; bewitching act (abhicāra)
अभिचक्र:
कर्म/क्रियाविशेषण (contextual)
TypeNoun
Rootअभि-चक्र (समास/प्रातिपदिक; चक्र ‘wheel/turning’)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
तथाso, in that manner
तथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
अपaway, off
अप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
कृणुतdo (you all), make
कृणुत:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
पुनःagain; back
पुनः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī for AV 3.9)

Devata: Dyāvāpṛthivī (Heaven-and-Earth); Devāḥ as banishers of evil

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh tendency (probable)

Primary: karuna

Secondary: shanta

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