Atharva Veda 2.3.2: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 2

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आद॒ङ्गा कु॒विद॒ङ्गा श॒तं या भे॑ष॒जानि॑ ते । तेषा॑मसि॒ त्वमु॑त्त॒मम॑नास्रा॒वमरो॑गणम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.3.2

IAST Transliteration

ā́d aṅgā́ kuvíd-aṅgā́ śatáṃ yā́ bheṣajā́ni te | teṣā́m asi tvám uttamáṃ anāsrā́vam arogáṇam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Then, O ye members, O ye that know the members, the hundred remedies that are thine—of these thou art the highest: a stay of all outflow, a banisher of disease.

Translation

मग, हे अवयवांनो, हे अवयव जाणणाऱ्यांनो! तुझे जे शंभर औषधोपाय आहेत—त्यांत तूच सर्वोत्तम: सर्व स्राव थांबविणारा आधार, रोग हुसकावून लावणारा.

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Word by Word

• आदङ्गा: the herb ‘Ādaṅgā’
• आदङ्गा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक; औषधि-नाम)

• कुविदङ्गा: the herb ‘Kuvidaṅgā’
• कुविदङ्गा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुविदङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक; औषधि-नाम)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• या: which (she/that herb)
• या: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• भेषजानि: medicines, remedies
• भेषजानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you/thy
• ते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तेषाम्: of those (remedies)
• तेषाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उत्तमम्: the best, supreme
• उत्तमम्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनास्रावम्: non-oozing; stopping discharge
• अनास्रावम्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनास्राव (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-समास)

• अरोगणम्: disease-removing; making free from illness
• अरोगणम्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरोगण (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-समास)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi attribution depends on anukramaṇī for AVŚ 2.3; commonly Atharvan/Angiras lineages for bhaiṣajya hymns)

Devata: Bheṣaja (healing power) / Oṣadhi (medicinal potency) implicitly; addressed as limb-knowing healing agencies

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of ~8 syllables; typical for Atharvanic healing charms)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta