Atharva Veda 1.16.3: Kanda 1, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 16, Mantra 3

Sukta 16

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इ॒दं विष्क॑न्धं सहत इ॒दं बा॑धते अ॒त्त्रिणः॑ । अ॒नेन॒ विश्वा॑ ससहे॒ या जा॒तानि॑ पिशा॒च्याः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 1.16.3

IAST Transliteration

idáṃ viṣkándhaṃ sahata idáṃ bā́dhate attríṇaḥ | anéna víśvā sasahé yā́ jātā́ni piśācyā́ḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This overcomes Viṣkandha; this drives away the Devourers. By means of this I have subdued them all—whatsoever Pisāca-born brood have come to birth.

Translation

Ini menewaskan Viṣkandha; ini menghalau para Pemangsa. Dengan ini aku telah menundukkan mereka semua—segala keturunan yang lahir daripada Piśāca, apa pun yang telah lahir.

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Word by Word

• इदम्: this (thing)
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विष्कन्धम्: Viṣkandha (a disease/demon of obstruction)
• विष्कन्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्कन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)

• सहते: overcomes, withstands
• सहते: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सह्

• इदम्: this (thing)
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• बाधते: drives away, afflicts, repels
• बाधते: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √बाध्

• अत्त्रिणः: the devourers (harmful beings)
• अत्त्रिणः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्त्रि (प्रातिपदिक; √अद् ‘to eat’ से)

• अनेन: with this, by means of this
• अनेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वाः: all
• विश्वाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• ससहे: has overcome
• ससहे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सह्

• याः: which
• याः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जातानि: born beings, creatures
• जातानि: Karma
• Type: Participle (used as noun)
• Root: √जन् → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• पिशाच्याः: of/pertaining to Piśācas (demonic)
• पिशाच्याः: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पिशाच्य (प्रातिपदिक; पिशाच-सम्बन्धी)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer (traditionally Atharvan/Angiras-associated for rakṣoghna material; exact assignment depends on Anukramaṇī tradition for AV 1.16).

Devata: Apotropaic charm against Viṣkandha; the operative ‘idam’ (mantra-empowered remedy) functions as the effective agent; adversaries are Viṣkandha, Attrins, and Pisācas.

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

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira