Mantra 3

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अव श्वेत पदा जहि पूर्वेण चा परेण च । उदप्लुतमिव दार्वहीनामरसं विषं वारुग्रम्

IAST Transliteration

áva śvéta padā́ jahí pū́rveṇa ca ápareṇa ca | udaplútam iva dārvahī́nām arásam víṣaṃ vārúgram

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Down, O White One—smite with thy foot, with forepart and with hinder part alike; as though cast up by water, make sapless the Dārvahīs’ venom, the fierce poison.

Word by Word

• अव: down; away (as a preverb)
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• श्वेत: O white one; white
• श्वेत: Kartā (addressed agent) / Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक)

• पदा: with the foot/step
• पदा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)

• जहि: strike; slay; destroy
• जहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)

• पूर्वेण: with the former (one); with the front/earlier
• पूर्वेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• अपरेण: with the latter (one); with the other
• अपरेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• उदप्लुतम्: uplifted; floating up; risen
• उदप्लुतम्: Karma (as object of comparison/description)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: उद्-प्लु (धातु) → उदप्लुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like; as if
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (निपात)

• दार्वहीनाम्: of wooden vessels/boats
• दार्वहीनाम्: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दार्वही (प्रातिपदिक; ‘wooden vessel/boat-like container’)

• अमरसम्: sapless; tasteless; without essence
• अमरसम्: Karma (qualifier of विषम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमरस् (प्रातिपदिक; a- + रस ‘sap/taste’)

• विषम्: poison
• विषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष (प्रातिपदिक)

• वारुग्रम्: fierce; sharp; violently acting
• वारुग्रम्: Karma (qualifier of विषम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वारुग्र (प्रातिपदिक; epithet of poison/venom, ‘piercing/violent’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (seer not specified in the provided excerpt; commonly attributed within Atharvan/Āṅgiras lineages for such charms).

Devata: Anti-venom power; addressed agent ‘Śveta’ and the depersonalized ‘viṣa’ as the adversary.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (mixed/irregular in AV diction; refrain suggests formulaic cadence).

Mantra Rasa

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