Atharva Veda 6.91.2 - Kanda 6, Anuvaka 10, Sukta 91, Mantra 2

Atharva Veda 6.91.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 10, Sukta 91, Mantra 2

Sukta 91

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

न्य॑१ग्वातो॑ वाति॒ न्यऽक् तपति॑ सूर्यः॑ । नी॒चीन॑म॒घ्न्या दु॑हे॒ न्यऽग् भवतु ते॒ रपः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 6.91.2

IAST Transliteration

nyàk vā́to vāti nyàk tápati sū́ryaḥ | nīcī́nam aghnyā́ dúhe nyàg bhavatu te rápáḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Downward the Wind doth blow; downward the Sun doth burn: downward the inviolable Cow is milked; downward, for thee, let the wasting harm be driven.

Translation

हवा नीचे की तरफ चलती है। सूरज नीचे की तरफ तपता है। गाय का दूध नीचे निकलता है। तुम्हारी बिमारी भी नीचे की तरफ जाए, दूर भाग जाए।

Word by Word

न्यक्downwards

वातःthe wind

वातिblows

न्यक्downwards

तपतिheats, burns

सूर्यःthe Sun

नीचीनम्downward, low (down below)

अघ्न्याthe cow (the ‘not-to-be-killed’ one)

दुहेgives milk, is milked

न्यक्downwards

भवतुlet it be, may it become

तेyour

रपःdefect, harm, disease/blemish

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic healer tradition

Devata: Cosmic regulators (Vāta, Sūrya) as exemplars; functional devatā is yakṣman-removal

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

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