Mantra 6
Sukta 53
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
आ ते प्राणं सुवामसि परा यक्ष्मं सुवामि ते । आयुर्नो विश्वतो दधदयमग्निर्वरेण्यः
IAST Transliteration
ā́ te prāṇáṃ suvāmasi párā yakṣmáṃ suvāmi te | ā́yur no viśváto dádhad ayám agnír váreṇyaḥ ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Hither we drive thy breath; away I drive thy wasting sickness. Establishing life for us from every side is this Agni, most choice-worthy.
Word by Word
आtowards; hither
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) अथवा आ (avyaya)
तेto/for you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
प्राणम्breath; life-force
प्राणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्राण (प्रा-√अन्/अन् ‘to breathe’ से निष्पन्न प्रातिपदिक)
सुवामसिwe set in motion/bring forth; we bestow
सुवामसि:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√वा (वाने/वाति) + सु- (उपसर्ग)
पराaway; forth
परा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरा (upasarga/avyaya)
यक्ष्मम्disease; wasting sickness
यक्ष्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष्म
सुवामिI drive/waft; I remove
सुवामि:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√वा (वाने/वाति) + सु-
तेfrom you (away from you)
ते:
Apādāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
आयुःlife; lifespan
आयुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootआयुस्
नःfor us; to us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
विश्वतःfrom every side; on all sides
विश्वतः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविश्वतस् (avyaya; ‘from all sides’)
दधत्placing; establishing
दधत्:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√धा (दधाति)
अयम्this
अयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
अग्निःAgni (fire)
अग्निः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
वरेण्यःmost excellent; worthy of choice
वरेण्यः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootवरेण्य (√वृ ‘to choose’ से; ‘choice-worthy’)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (index attributions vary)
Devata: Agni; also prāṇa and yakṣma as operative powers
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)
Mantra Rasa
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