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Atharva Veda 9.6.17: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 6, Mantra 17

Sukta 6

स्रुग् दर्वि॒र्नेक्ष॑णमा॒यव॑नं द्रोणकल॒शाः कु॒म्भ्योऽ वाय॒व्या॒ऽनि॒ पात्रा॑णी॒यमे॒व कृ॑ष्णाजि॒नम्

srúg darvī́r nékṣaṇam ā́yavanaṃ droṇakaláśāḥ kúmbhyo vāyavyā̀ni pā́trāṇīyám evá kṛ́ṣṇājinám

The ladle, the spoon, the sprinkling-vessel, the leading-up; the drona-jars are the pots; the vessels are Vāyu’s: this, verily, is the black antelope-skin.

यहाँ चम्मच और छोटा बर्तन है, पानी छिड़काने वाला है। बड़े बड़े मटके और छोटे मटके सब रखे हैं। हवा के भगवान के लिए यह सब बर्तन है। और यह काला चमड़ा भी है जो पूजा में काम आता है।

स्रुक्(the) ladle
स्रुक्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootस्रुच् (प्रातिपदिक)
दर्विः(the) spoon/ladle
दर्विः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदर्वि (प्रातिपदिक)
नेक्षणम्(the) strainer/sieve (lit. ‘inspector’)
नेक्षणम्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootनेक्षण (प्रातिपदिक; न-ईक्षण ‘looking/inspecting’ से)
आयवनम्(the) fitting/covering; a woven/attached implement
आयवनम्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootआयवन (प्रातिपदिक; √यु/√यव ‘to join/weave/fit’ से)
द्रोणकलशाःdrona-jars (large vessels)
द्रोणकलशाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootद्रोण-कलश (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
कुम्भ्यःpots; pot-vessels
कुम्भ्यः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootकुम्भि (प्रातिपदिक)
वायव्याणिbelonging to Vāyu; airy/wind-associated
वायव्याणि:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootवायव्य (प्रातिपदिक; वायु-सम्बन्धि)
पात्राणिvessels; containers
पात्राणि:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
इयम्this (f.)
इयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एवindeed; just
एव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (निपात)
कृष्णाजिनम्black antelope-skin (black hide)
कृष्णाजिनम्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण-अजिन (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here)

Devata: Ritual implements / Vāyu (by epithet vāyavya) / Kṛṣṇājina as consecratory power-object

Chandas: Catalogue-style; meter uncertain

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta

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