Atharva Veda 9.3.23: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 23

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इ॒मा आपः॒ प्र भ॑राम्यय॒क्ष्मा य॑क्ष्म॒नाश॑नीः । गृ॒हानुप॒ प्र सी॑दाम्य॒मृते॑न स॒हाग्निना॑

IAST Transliteration

imā́ ā́paḥ prá bharāmy ayakṣmā́ yakṣmanā́śanīḥ | gr̥hā́n úpa prá sīdāmy amr̥téna sahā́gnínā ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

These Waters I bring forth—free from wasting-sickness, destroyers of wasting-sickness. Unto the houses I draw near and settle me, with Deathlessness, together with Agni.

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Word by Word

• इमाः: these
• इमाः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: इदम् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• आपः: waters
• आपः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• भरामि: I bring / I carry
• भरामि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भरणे)

• अयक्ष्माः: free from disease
• अयक्ष्माः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-यक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• यक्ष्मनाशनीः: destroying disease
• यक्ष्मनाशनीः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यक्ष्म-नाशनी (प्रातिपदिकम्; नाशनी = ‘destroyer’)

• गृहान्: houses, homes
• गृहान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• अनु: along, following
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• प्र: forth, fully
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• सीदामि: I sit down / I settle
• सीदामि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सद् (सीदति; उपवेशने/अवसादने)

• अमृतेन: with immortality / ambrosia
• अमृतेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिकम्)

• सह: together with
• सह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)

• अग्निना: with Agni / with fire
• अग्निना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिकम्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic domestic-healing corpus (not explicit here)

Devata: Āpaḥ (Waters), Agni, Amṛta (as sacral potency)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta