Atharva Veda 6.121.4: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 121, Mantra 4

Sukta 121

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वि जि॑हीष्व लो॒कं कृ॑णु ब॒न्धान्मु॑ञ्चासि॒ बद्ध॑कम्। योन्या॑ इव॒ प्रच्यु॑तो॒ गर्भः॑ प॒थः सर्वां॒ अनु॑ क्षिय

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 6.121.4

IAST Transliteration

ví jihīṣva lókaṃ kṛṇu bandhā́n muñcāsi baddhákam | yónyā́ iva prácyuto gárbhaḥ patháḥ sárvān ánu kṣiya

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Cast off, and make thy world: from bonds thou loosest him that is bound. As from the womb the embryo, slipped forth, so do thou fare along all paths in order.

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Word by Word

• वि: apart, asunder (intensifier/separator)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (upasarga) / प्रातिपदिक-रूप

• जिहीष्व: leave! abandon!
• जिहीष्व: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हा (जहाति) — desiderative stem जिहीष-

• लोकम्: the world; this realm
• लोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणु: make! do!
• कृणु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करोति)

• बन्धान्: bonds, fetters
• बन्धान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)

• मुञ्च: release! set free!
• मुञ्च: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (मुञ्चति)

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (अस्ति)

• बद्धकम्: the bound one; the captive
• बद्धकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: बद्धक (प्रातिपदिक; बद्ध < √बन्ध्, क-प्रत्यय)

• योन्याः: from the womb
• योन्याः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• प्रच्युतः: fallen out, slipped forth
• प्रच्युतः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: प्र-√च्युत्/√च्यु (च्यवते/च्युत) — past passive participle च्युत

• गर्भः: embryo, fetus
• गर्भः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• पथः: path, way
• पथः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथ्/पथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वाम्: all, entire
• सर्वाम्: Karma (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वा- प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: along, following
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (upasarga/avyaya)

• क्षिय: go/settle along; proceed (on the way)
• क्षिय: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √क्षि (क्षयति/क्षीयते) — Vedic injunctive/imperative-like form

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi not supplied in input)

Devata: Releasing/healing power (often construed as the mantra/ṛta-driven agency; specific devatā not supplied in input)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (exact metrical classification uncertain from single verse without pada-length verification)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna