Atharva Veda 2.29.6: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 29, Mantra 6

Sukta 29

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शि॒वाभि॑ष्टे॒ हृद॑यं तर्पयाम्यनमी॒वो मो॑दिषीष्ठाः सु॒वर्चाः॑ । स॒वा॒सिनौ॑ पिबतां म॒न्थमे॒तम॒श्विनो॑ रू॒पं प॑रि॒धाय॑ मा॒याम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.29.6

IAST Transliteration

śivā́bhiṣṭe hṛ́dayaṃ tarpayāmy an-amīvó módiṣīṣṭhāḥ suvárcāḥ | savāsináu pibatāṃ mántham etám aśvínō rūpáṃ paridhā́ya māyā́m ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With this benign, well-wished draught I sate the heart: be thou disease-unvexed; rejoice, and shine with goodly lustre. Let the two Aśvins, duly arrayed, drink this mantha, having assumed their form and their wondrous healing power.

Translation

ഈ ശിവ, അഭിഷ്ട (കല്യാണകര) പാനീയത്താൽ ഞാൻ ഹൃദയം തൃപ്തിപ്പെടുത്തുന്നു; നീ രോഗബാധയില്ലാതെ ഇരിക്ക; ആനന്ദിക്കയും സുവർച്ചസ് (ശോഭയുള്ള തേജസ്) കൊണ്ട് പ്രകാശിക്കയും ചെയ്യുക. അശ്വിനൗ—യഥാവിധി അലങ്കരിച്ച്—ഈ മന്ത പാനം പാനം ചെയ്യട്ടെ; തങ്ങളുടെ രൂപം ധരിച്ചു, തങ്ങളുടെ മായാ (അദ്ഭുത ചികിത്സാശക്തി) പ്രകടമാക്കി.

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Word by Word

• शिवाभिष्टे: (you) two auspicious, much-desired (ones)
• शिवाभिष्टे: कर्म (तर्पयामि इत्यस्य) / विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिवा- (प्रातिपदिक) + अभि-इष्ट (इष्ट- ‘desired’, √इष्/√इच्छ् भाव)

• हृदयम्: heart
• हृदयम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय- (प्रातिपदिक)

• तर्पयामि: I satisfy / I gladden
• तर्पयामि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तृप् (तर्पणे)

• अनमीवः: free from illness
• अनमीवः: कर्तृ (मोदिषीष्ठाः इत्यस्य) / विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्- (नञ्) + अमीव- (प्रातिपदिक ‘disease’)

• मोदिषीष्ठाः: rejoice / be glad
• मोदिषीष्ठाः: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुद् (मोदने)

• सुवर्चाः: splendid, radiant
• सुवर्चाः: कर्तृ (मोदिषीष्ठाः इत्यस्य) / विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- (उपसर्ग) + वर्चस्- (प्रातिपदिक ‘splendour’)

• सवासिनौ: you two who abide together (the Aśvins)
• सवासिनौ: कर्तृ (पिबताम् इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: स- (सह) + वासिन्- (प्रातिपदिक ‘dwelling/abiding’) → समासान्त/द्विवचन

• पिबताम्: drink (you two)
• पिबताम्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (पाने)

• मन्थम्: the mantha-mixture (churned drink)
• मन्थम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्थ- (प्रातिपदिक ‘churned drink/mixture; mantha’)

• एतम्: this
• एतम्: कर्म-विशेषणम्
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्विनो: O Aśvins (you two)
• अश्विनो: सम्बोधन (आह्वान) / कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• रूपम्: form, appearance
• रूपम्: कर्म (परिधाय इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप- (प्रातिपदिक)

• परिधाय: having assumed / having put on
• परिधाय: पूर्वक्रिया (मुख्यक्रियायाः सह)
• Type: Verb (absolutive)
• Root: परि-√धा (धारणे)

• मायाम्: magic power, wondrous artifice
• मायाम्: कर्म (परिधाय इत्यस्य) / साधन-भावः
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया- (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages; specific r̥ṣi attribution for 2.29 may vary by anukramaṇī).

Devata: The Aśvins (divine twin healers); secondarily the healing draught as empowered substance.

Chandas: Mixed/uncertain in AV transmission; commonly treated as a triṣṭubh/jagatī-type cadence in this style (verify against the pada-count in the edition used).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: karuna

Secondary: shanta