Atharva Veda 6.49.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 5, Sukta 49, Mantra 2

Sukta 49

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मे॒ष इ॑व॒ वै सं च॒ वि चो॒र्व॒ऽच्यसे॒ यदु॑त्तर॒द्रावुप॑रश्च॒ खाद॑तः । शी॒र्ष्णा शिरोऽप्स॒साप्सो॑ अ॒र्दय॑न्नं॒शून् ब॑भस्ति॒ हरि॑तेभिरा॒सभिः॑

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 6.49.2

IAST Transliteration

meṣá iva váí sáṃ ca ví cór urá-cyase yád uttaradrā́v úparaś ca khā́dataḥ | śīrṣṇā́ śiró ’psasā́psó ardaýann aṃśū́n babhasti háritebhir āsábhiḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Like a ram, verily, thou art dashed together and driven apart, when, fleeing upward, thou gnawest from above. With the head he smites the head; with the waters—ye Waters—crushing (thee), he tramples thy filaments with tawny jaws.

Translation

Seperti seekor domba jantan, sungguh engkau dihantam hingga bertemu dan dihalau hingga tercerai, ketika engkau lari naik dan mengerat dari atas. Dengan kepala ia menghantam kepala; dengan air—wahai para Air—saat menghancurkan (engkau), ia menginjak-injak serabutmu dengan rahang kuning keemasan

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Word by Word

• मे॒षः: a ram
• मे॒षः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मे॒ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• वै: indeed
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• सम्: together; completely (prefix)
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वि: apart; asunder (prefix)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि

• चोर्वच्यसे: you speak/utter (in a mixed/alternating way)
• चोर्वच्यसे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)

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

• उत्तरद्राव्: running upward/northward
• उत्तरद्राव्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: उत्तर-द्राव् (समास/प्रातिपदिक; द्राव् < √द्रु/द्राव् ‘to run’)

• उपरः: the upper (one/part)
• उपरः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपर (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• खादतः: of (one) eating; while eating
• खादतः: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: खाद् (धातु)

• शीर्ष्णा: with the head
• शीर्ष्णा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शीर्षन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शिरः: the head
• शिरः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अप्ससाप्सः: waters and juices (fluids)
• अप्ससाप्सः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: अप्सस् + आप्सस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘water/juices’)

• अर्दयन्: crushing, pressing
• अर्दयन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: अर्द् (धातु)

• अंशून्: stalks; rays/threads (here: stalk-like parts)
• अंशून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंशु (प्रातिपदिक)

• बभस्ति: he chews/crushes
• बभस्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भस्/भस्त् (धातु; ‘to chew/crush’—वेदिक)

• हरितेभिः: with the green (ones/things)
• हरितेभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हरित (प्रातिपदिक)

• आसभिः: with (his) mouths/jaws
• आसभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस (प्रातिपदिक; ‘mouth’/‘jaws’ in Vedic usage)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (rṣi not specified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Āpas (Waters) and the expulsion-force against the gnawing agent

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type (requires full hymn metrical audit; verse appears longer than Anuṣṭubh)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira