Atharva Veda 1.22.4: Kanda 1, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 22, Mantra 4

Sukta 22

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शुके॑षु ते हरि॒माणं॑ रोप॒णाका॑सु दध्मसि । अथो॒ हारि॑द्रवेषु ते हरि॒माणं॒ नि द॑ध्मसि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 1.22.4

IAST Transliteration

śukéṣu te harimā́ṇaṃ ropaṇā́kāsu dadhmasi | átho hā́ridraveṣu te harimā́ṇaṃ ní dadhmasi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

In the śuká-plants for thee we set the Yellowness; in the ropāṇakā-growths we implant it. And, moreover, in the turmeric-yellow vestures for thee we lay the Yellowness down and away.

Translation

ശുക-സസ്യങ്ങളിൽ നിനക്കായി ഞങ്ങൾ ഹരിമാണം (മഞ്ഞപ്പിത്തം/മഞ്ഞനിറം) സ്ഥാപിക്കുന്നു; റോപാണകാ-മുളകളിൽ അതിനെ നട്ടുറപ്പിക്കുന്നു। പിന്നെയും, ഹരിദ്രാ-വർണ്ണ വസ്ത്രങ്ങളിൽ നിനക്കായി ഹരിമാണത്തെ താഴെയിട്ട് അകറ്റി വെക്കുന്നു।

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Word by Word

• शुकेषु: in/among the शुक- (bright/white) [spots/places]
• शुकेषु: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive) / अधिकारण-सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हरिमाणम्: the yellowishness; jaundice (harimāṇa)
• हरिमाणम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरिमाण (प्रातिपदिक)

• रोपणाकासु: in/among the healing plants (ropāṇakā-)
• रोपणाकासु: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोपणाका (प्रातिपदिक)

• दध्मसि: we place / we put
• दध्मसि: कर्तृ (वयं) + क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

• अथो: and also / moreover
• अथो: समुच्चय/अनन्तर (discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथो (निपात) < अथ + उ

• हारिद्रवेषु: in/among the turmeric-colored (hāridrava-) [plants/objects]
• हारिद्रवेषु: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: हारिद्रव (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive) / अधिकारण-सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हरिमाणम्: the yellowishness; jaundice
• हरिमाणम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरिमाण (प्रातिपदिक)

• नि: down; in; firmly (as preverb)
• नि: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• दध्मसि: we place / we deposit
• दध्मसि: कर्तृ (वयं) + क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Āṅgirasa authority for bhaiṣajya hymns; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī).

Devata: Harimā́ (personified ‘Yellowness’/jaundice) as the manipulable target; implicitly aided by healing plants (oṣadhi).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of 8 syllables; Atharvanic healing style).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta