Mantra 3
Sukta 65
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
श्यावदता कुनखिना बण्डेन यत् सहासिम। अपामार्ग त्वया वयं सर्वं तदप मृज्महे
IAST Transliteration
śyāvadátā kunakhínā baṇḍéna yát sahā́sima | apāmārga tváyā vayáṃ sárvaṃ tád ápa mṛjmahe ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Whatsoever with the dark-toothed, with the evil-nailed, with the binder we have consorted—O Apāmārga, by thee we wipe away from us all that utterly.
Word by Word
श्या॒वद॑ताwith the dark-toothed (one)
श्या॒वद॑ता:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootश्यावदत (प्रातिपदिक; श्याव ‘dark’ + दत ‘toothed’)
कुन॒खिना॑with the ill-nailed / deformed-nailed (one)
कुन॒खिना॑:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootकुनखिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
ब॒ण्डेन॒with the club / cudgel
ब॒ण्डेन॒:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootबण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्whatever (that)
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
स॒हासि॒म्the mockery / derisive laughter
स॒हासि॒म्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसहासि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘laughing/derisive’)
अपामार्गO Apāmārga (the herb Achyranthes aspera)
अपामार्ग:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootअपामार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
त्वयाby you / with you
त्वया:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
व॒यम्we
व॒यम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सर्वम्all
सर्वम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अपaway, off
अप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
मृज्महेwe wipe/clean away
मृज्महे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√मृज् (मार्जने)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in supplied excerpt)
Devata: Apāmārga (as cleanser/unbinder)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
Mantra Rasa
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