Atharva Veda 4.7.6: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 6

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प॒वस्तै॑स्त्वा॒ पर्य॑क्रीणन् दू॒र्शेभि॑र॒जिनै॑रु॒त। प्र॒क्रीर॑सि॒ त्वमो॑ष॒धेऽभ्रि॑खाते॒ न रू॑रुपः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.7.6

IAST Transliteration

pavastaíḥ tvā pári akrīṇan dūrśébhir ajínaiḥ utá | prakrī́r asi tvám oṣadhe ’bhrikhā́te ná rūrupaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With sieves they compassed thee and bought thee, with thongs and with skins moreover. Bought forth art thou, O Herb: in the dug-out setting fail not, nor work deformity.

Translation

篩（ふるい）によって汝を囲み、また買い取り、さらに革紐と皮とをもって（結び）取った。買い出され、連れ出された汝よ、薬草（oṣadhi）よ。掘り抜いた据え所にあって、損なうな、また歪みを起こすな。

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Word by Word

• पवस्तैः: with purifiers / with cleansing (means)
• पवस्तैः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवस्त (प्रातिपदिक; ‘शुद्धि/पवित्रता-सम्बद्ध’)

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around, all around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अक्रीणन्: they bought / purchased
• अक्रीणन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्री (धातु; ‘क्रय-विक्रय’)

• दूर्शेभिः: with दूर्श-grasses / with a kind of grass
• दूर्शेभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: दूर्श (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दूर्वा/दूर्वा-सम्बद्ध’ अथवा ‘दूर्श’ नामक तृण/औषधि)

• अजिनैः: with skins, hides
• अजिनैः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजिन (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत: and also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (अव्यय)

• प्रक्रीः: you have been bought / you are purchased
• प्रक्रीः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + क्री (धातु)

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु; ‘भू’)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ओषधे: O herb / O medicinal plant
• ओषधे: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभ्रिखाते: in a spade-dug (pit/place)
• अभ्रिखाते: अधिकरण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभ्रि-खात (कृदन्त; अभ्रि ‘खोदनी/कुदाल’ + √खन् ‘खोदने’)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• रूरुपः: deformed/afflicted-looking (one)
• रूरुपः: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूरुप (प्रातिपदिक; ‘रू-रूप’/‘रूरुप’ = ‘विकृत/क्षत/रुग्ण-रूप’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (variable)

Devata: Oṣadhi (the Herb) as personified healing power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical confirmation)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta