Atharva Veda 6.44.3: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 5, Sukta 44, Mantra 3

Sukta 44

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

रु॒द्रस्य॒ मूत्र॑मस्य॒मृत॑स्य॒ नाभिः॑ । वि॒षा॒ण॒का नाम॒ वा अ॑सि पितॄ॒णां मूला॒दुत्थि॑ता वातीकृत॒नाश॑नी

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 6.44.3

IAST Transliteration

rudrásya mū́tram asi amṛ́tasya nā́bhiḥ | viṣāṇakā́ nā́ma vā́ asi pitṝṇā́ṃ mū́lād utthitā vātī́kṛta-nā́śanī ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thou art Rudra’s urine, the navel of ambrosia. ‘Viṣāṇakā’ indeed is thy name—sprung from the root of the Fathers—a destroyer of disorders wrought by Wind.

Translation

നീ രുദ്രന്റെ മൂത്രം; അമൃതത്തിന്റെ നാഭി. ‘വിഷാണകാ’ എന്നതാണ് നിന്റെ നാമം—പിതൃകളുടെ മൂലത്തിൽ നിന്നുയർന്നവൾ—വാതം കൊണ്ടുണ്ടാകുന്ന വ്യാധികളെ നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നവൾ.

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Word by Word

• रुद्रस्य: of Rudra
• रुद्रस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• मूत्रम्: urine
• मूत्रम्: कर्तृ/विधेय-नाम (predicative nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: (सम्बन्धक क्रिया) — copula
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• अमृतस्य: of immortality / of ambrosia
• अमृतस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• नाभिः: navel; central source
• नाभिः: कर्तृ/विधेय-नाम (predicative nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाभि (प्रातिपदिक)

• विषाणका: (a plant/drug called) viṣāṇaka
• विषाणका: कर्तृ/विधेय-नाम (appositional/predicative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषाणक (प्रातिपदिक)

• नाम: by name; called
• नाम: विशेषण-सम्बन्ध (naming marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन्/नाम (अव्यय-प्रयोग)

• वा: indeed / or (particle)
• वा: समुच्चय/विकल्प (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)

• असि: you are
• असि: (सम्बन्धक क्रिया) — copula
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• पितॄणाम्: of the Fathers (ancestors)
• पितॄणाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• मूलात्: from the root
• मूलात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत्थिता: risen up; sprung forth
• उत्थिता: कर्तृ/विधेय-विशेषण (agreeing with implied feminine subject, e.g., ओषधिः)
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: उत्-स्था (धातु) → उत्थित (कृदन्त)

• वाती: (called) vātī / wind-like (epithet)
• वाती: विशेषण/नाम (epithet)
• Type: Indeclinable (name/epithet usage)
• Root: वाति (अव्यय/निपात-प्रयोग; ‘वाती’ इति नाम/विशेषण-रूपेण)

• कृत: made; effected
• कृत: विशेषण (in compound with nāśanī)
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त)

• नाशनी: destroyer; remover (of disease/evil)
• नाशनी: कर्तृ/विधेय-नाम (predicative/appositional)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: नाशनी (प्रातिपदिक; √नश्/नाश ‘to destroy’ से)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Rudra / Bheṣaja (remedy personified as Rudra’s essence)

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (Atharvanic medical verses often loosen strict metrical regularity)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta