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Atharva Veda 6.16.1: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 16, Mantra 1

Sukta 16

अक्षिरोगभैषजम्। ३ बृहतीगर्भा ककुम्मत्यनुष्टुप्, ४ त्रिपदा प्रतिष्ठा। आब॑यो॒ अना॑बयो॒ रस॑स्त उ॒ग्र आ॑बयो । आ ते॑ कर॒म्भम॑द्मसि

ā́bayo anā́bayo rásas te ugrá ā́bayo | ā́ te karambhám admasi

O Ābaya, O harmless Anābaya—thy sap is fierce in power, O Ābaya. Hither for thee we eat the karambha-mixture.

आबया नाम की शक्ति को बुलाया जा रहा है। यह बिमारी से बचाने वाली है, कोई हर्म नहीं करती। इसकी ताकत बहुत स्ट्रांग है। हम इसके लिए करम्भ मिक्स खा रहे हैं जो स्पेशल है।

आtowards; hither
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / आ (अव्यय)
अब्यःfrom the serpent (abi)
अब्यः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootअबि (प्रातिपदिक)
अनाब्यःfrom the non-serpent / from the harmless one
अनाब्यः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootअनाबि (प्रातिपदिक)
रसःjuice; sap; essence
रसः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootरस (प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you; your
ते:
—
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उग्रःfierce; potent
उग्रः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards; hither
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / आ (अव्यय)
अब्यःfrom the serpent
अब्यः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootअबि (प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards; unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / आ (अव्यय)
तेto you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
करम्भम्gruel; porridge (a food-preparation)
करम्भम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकरम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
अद्मसिwe eat; we partake
अद्मसि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअद् (धातु)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often anonymous/Angiras-type attribution in AV medical hymns)

Devata: Bhaiṣajya (healing power) personified as Ābaya/Anābaya; implicitly the medicinal ‘rasa’

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (with Atharvanic irregularities noted in some recensions)

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta

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