Atharva Veda 8.6.20: Kanda 8, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 20

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

परि॑सृष्टं धरयतु॒ यद्धि॒तं माव॑ पादि॒ तत्। गर्भं॑ त उ॒ग्रौ र॑क्षतां भेष॒जौ नी॑विभा॒र्यौऽ

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 8.6.20

IAST Transliteration

pári-sṛṣṭaṃ dharayatu yád dhitáṃ mā́ ava pādi tát | gárbhaṃ te ugráu rakṣatāṃ bheṣajáu nī́vi-bhāryáu ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let that which is sent about hold fast; let not that beneficent thing fall away. Let the two fierce Remedies, the two Girdle-bearers, guard thy embryo.

Translation

जो चीज़ भेजी गयी है वो पकड़ के रखे, अच्छी चीज़ गिरने नहीं देनी चाहिए। दो दवाइयां जो ताकत वाली हैं, वो बच्चे को बचा के रखें।

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Word by Word

• परिसृष्टम्: the discharged/let-loose (thing)
• परिसृष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-√सृज् (सृजति) / क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त

• धरयतु: may (he/it) hold/support
• धरयतु: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धृ (धरति)

• यत्: which/that (thing)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हितम्: placed/put; set in position
• हितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √धा (दधाति) → ‘हित’ (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त) / प्रातिपदिक ‘हित’

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• अव: down/away
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• पादि: may it not fall down/away
• पादि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पद् (पद्यते/पद्यति) / वैदिक-रूप

• तत्: that (same thing)
• तत्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

• उग्रौ: the two fierce (ones)
• उग्रौ: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• रक्षताम्: may they two protect
• रक्षताम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रक्ष् (रक्षति)

• भेषजौ: the two healers/remedies
• भेषजौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज (प्रातिपदिक)

• नीविभार्यौ: the two to-be-worn as a girdle/waist-band (amulet-like)
• नीविभार्यौ: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (dual)
• Root: नीवि-भार्य (समास-प्रातिपदिक; ‘नीवि’ + ‘भार्य’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn attributed within Atharvan/Angiras milieu; specific r̥ṣi uncertain without padānukramaṇī citation).

Devata: Bheṣajau (the two Remedies) as protective powers; implicitly garbha (foetus) as beneficiary.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; AV 8.6 commonly in anuṣṭubh—confirmable by syllable count per pada).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: karuna

Secondary: shanta