Mantra 2
Sukta 91
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
न्य१ग्वातो वाति न्यऽक् तपति सूर्यः । नीचीनमघ्न्या दुहे न्यऽग् भवतु ते रपः
IAST Transliteration
nyàk vā́to vāti nyàk tápati sū́ryaḥ | nīcī́nam aghnyā́ dúhe nyàg bhavatu te rápáḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Downward the Wind doth blow; downward the Sun doth burn: downward the inviolable Cow is milked; downward, for thee, let the wasting harm be driven.
Word by Word
न्यक्downwards
न्यक्:
Adhikaraṇa (गति/दिशा-निर्देशः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन्यञ्च् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) / निः + अञ्च्
वातःthe wind
वातः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवात (प्रातिपदिक)
वातिblows
वाति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वा (वाति)
न्यक्downwards
न्यक्:
Adhikaraṇa (दिशा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन्यञ्च् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) / निः + अञ्च्
तपतिheats, burns
तपति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√तप् (तपति)
सूर्यःthe Sun
सूर्यः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
नीचीनम्downward, low (down below)
नीचीनम्:
Karma (क्रियाविशेष्य/गत्यर्थ-लक्ष्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootनीचीन (प्रातिपदिक; नीच + ख (ईन) तद्धित)
अघ्न्याthe cow (the ‘not-to-be-killed’ one)
अघ्न्या:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअघ्न्या (प्रातिपदिक; ‘न हन्तव्या’—गौः) अव्युत्पन्न-नाम
दुहेgives milk, is milked
दुहे:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√दुह् (दुहे)
न्यक्downwards
न्यक्:
Adhikaraṇa (दिशा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन्यञ्च् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) / निः + अञ्च्
भवतुlet it be, may it become
भवतु:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (भवति)
तेyour
ते:
Sampradāna/सम्बन्ध (स्वामित्व-सम्बन्धः)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
रपःdefect, harm, disease/blemish
रपः:
Kartā (भवतु इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootरपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic healer tradition
Devata: Cosmic regulators (Vāta, Sūrya) as exemplars; functional devatā is yakṣman-removal
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)
Mantra Rasa
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