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Atharva Veda 4.19.2: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 19, Mantra 2

Sukta 19

ब्रा॒ह्म॒णेन॒ पर्यु॑क्तासि॒ कण्वे॑न नार्ष॒देन॑ । सेने॑वैषि॒ त्विषी॑मती॒ न तत्र॑ भ॒यमस्ति॒ यत्र॑ प्रा॒प्नोष्यो॑षधे

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.19.2

brā́hmaṇena párīuktāsi káṇvena nārṣadéna | sénā́ iveṣi tvíṣīmatī ná tátra bhayám asti yátra prā́pnoṣy óṣadhe ||

By holy spell thou art encompassed—by Kaṇva, by Nārṣada. Like an army thou advancest, full of flashing might: no fear is there where thou attainest, O Herb.

汝は梵呪により周く護られたり――カṇヴァ(Kaṇva)により、ナールシャダ(Nārṣada)により。汝は軍勢のごとく進み、閃く威力に満ちる。薬草よ、汝が到るところ、そこには恐れなし。

ब्राह्मणेनby/with a brāhmaṇa (priestly power)
ब्राह्मणेन:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
परिaround, completely
परि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि
उक्ताspoken/uttered (as a charm), addressed
उक्ता:
TypeParticiple (Adjective) / Verbal
Rootवच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त)
असिyou are
असि:
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
कण्वेनby Kaṇva (the seer)
कण्वेन:
करण
TypeProper Noun
Rootकण्व (प्रातिपदिक)
नार्षदेनby the non-human/‘not of men’ (i.e., seer-born, ṛṣi-like) one
नार्षदेन:
करण
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootनार्षद (प्रातिपदिक; ‘नर्/ऋषि-सम्बन्धी’ विशेषण)
सेनाan army, host
सेना:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसेना (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
एषिyou go, you proceed
एषि:
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु)
त्विषीमतीradiant, full of brilliance
त्विषीमती:
TypeAdjective
Rootत्विषीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तत्रthere
तत्र:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
भयम्fear
भयम्:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootभय (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्तिis
अस्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र
प्राप्नोषिyou reach, you attain
प्राप्नोषि:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + आप् (धातु)
ओषधेO herb/medicinal plant
ओषधे:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Kaṇva / Nārṣada traditions referenced (seer authority invoked within the verse)

Devata: Oṣadhi (herb), specifically Apāmārga in this hymn cycle

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: vira

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