Atharva Veda 3.31.3: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 31, Mantra 3

Sukta 31

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वि ग्रा॒म्याः प॒शव॑ आर॒ण्यैर्व्याऽप॒स्तृष्ण॑यासरन्। व्य॑१हं सर्वे॑ण पा॒प्मना॒ वि यक्ष्मे॑ण॒ समायु॑षा

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.31.3

IAST Transliteration

ví grāmyā́ḥ paśáva āraṇyáir vy-ā̀ ’pa tṛ́ṣṇayā ’saran | vy àháṃ sárveṇa pā́pmánā ví yákṣmeṇa sám ā́yuṣā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Apart the village herds have sped with forest-creatures; the waters, urged by thirst, have run away. So may I be parted from all evil taint, parted from yákṣma, and joined with full length of life.

Translation

Terpisahlah: ternak-ternak kampung meluru bersama makhluk-makhluk rimba; air-air, didorong oleh dahaga, mengalir pergi. Demikianlah semoga aku terpisah daripada segala cemar kejahatan, terpisah daripada yákṣma, dan disatukan dengan umur yang penuh panjang.

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Word by Word

• वि: apart; asunder; forth
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (upasarga)

• ग्राम्याः: domestic; belonging to the village
• ग्राम्याः: Kartā (with प॒शवः)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: ग्राम्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• पशवः: cattle; animals
• पशवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)

• आरण्यैः: wild; of the forest
• आरण्यैः: Karaṇa (instrument/means; ‘by/with the wild ones’)
• Type: Adjective (instrumental qualifier)
• Root: आरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart; away
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (upasarga)

• आपः: waters
• आपः: Kartā (of असरन्, coordinated subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्/आप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तृष्णया: with thirst; by thirst
• तृष्णया: Karaṇa (cause/means: ‘through thirst’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृष्णा (प्रातिपदिक)

• असरन्: they flowed/ran; they went
• असरन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृ (धातु) + अ (augment)

• वि: apart; away
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (upasarga)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वेण: with all; wholly
• सर्वेण: Karaṇa (means: ‘with all…’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• पाप्मना: with evil; with sin; with disease-evil
• पाप्मना: Karaṇa (means/association: ‘with sin/evil’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: away; apart
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (upasarga)

• यक्ष्मेण: with yákṣma (consumption/tubercular disease)
• यक्ष्मेण: Karaṇa (means/association: ‘with/along with yákṣma’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• समायु॑षा: with full life(-span); with complete longevity
• समायु॑षा: Karaṇa (accompaniment/means: ‘together with full lifespan’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समायु॑ष्/समायु॑स् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘full life-span’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (attributed in the healing corpus; specific r̥ṣi assignment varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Yákṣma (as illness-demon) and Āyus/Prāṇa (as restorative life-force) implicitly

Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (as transmitted in AV healing hymns; exact metrical scansion is not uniform)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna