Atharva Veda 4.18.7 — Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 18, Mantra 7

Sukta 18

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒पा॒मा॒र्गोऽप॑ मार्ष्टु क्षेत्रि॒यं श॒पथ॑श्च॒ यः । अपाह॑ यातुधा॒नीरप॒ सर्वा॒ अरा॒य्यः

IAST Transliteration

apāmā́rgo ’pá mārṣṭu kṣetríyaṃ śapáthāś ca yáḥ | ápā́ha yātudhānī́r ápa sárvā arā́yyaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let Apāmārga wipe away the settled ill, and every curse beside. He hath driven off the witching hags; away be all malignities.

Translation

Biarlah Apāmārga menghapus penyakit yang telah menetap, dan setiap sumpahan di sampingnya. Ia telah menghalau para ahli sihir perempuan; enyahlah segala keburukan yang memudaratkan.

Word by Word

• अपामार्गः: the apāmārga plant (Achyranthes aspera)
• अपामार्गः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपामार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• अप: away, off
• अप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)

• मार्ष्टु: may (it) wipe away / cleanse
• मार्ष्टु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृज् (धातु) → मार्ज्/मृज् ‘to wipe, cleanse’

• क्षेत्रियम्: the ‘kṣetriya’ affliction/disease (hereditary/field-born ailment)
• क्षेत्रियम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: क्षेत्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• शपथः: (the) curse, imprecation, oath-bound curse
• शपथः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: शपथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• यः: who/which
• यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अप: away
• अप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)

• आह: said, has spoken
• आह: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्/आह् (धातु: ‘to say’)

• यातुधानीः: witches/sorceresses; demonesses (yātudhānīs)
• यातुधानीः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातुधानी (प्रातिपदिक)

• अप: away
• अप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• अराय्यः: hostile ones/evils, enemies
• अराय्यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अरायि/अराय्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘enemy, hostile being/evil’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Apāmārga as personified remover; secondarily anti-yātu power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira