Atharva Veda 6.23.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 23, Mantra 2

Sukta 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ओता॒ आपः॑ कर्म॒ण्याऽमु॒ञ्चन्त्वि॒तः प्रणी॑तये । स॒द्यः कृ॑ण्व॒न्त्वेत॑वे

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 6.23.2

IAST Transliteration

ótā ā́paḥ karmaṇy àm uñcantu itáḥ praṇī́taye | sadyáḥ kṛṇvantu étave

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Woven-in are the Waters within the rite: let them from hence release (the ill) for leading forth; let them straightway make it to depart.

Translation

Teranyamnya Air (Āpas) dalam upacara: dari sini lepaskanlah (yang sakit/yang jahat) untuk memimpin keluar; serta-merta jadikanlah ia beredar pergi.

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Word by Word

• ओताः: woven together; connected
• ओताः: Kartā (with implied subject ‘आपः’) / विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √वे (वेञ्—तन्तुसन्ताने/वयने) → ओत (PPP) / प्रातिपदिक ‘ओत’

• आपः: the waters
• आपः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आप्- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘जल’

• कर्मण्याः: effective in action; fit for ritual work
• कर्मण्याः: Kartā (as qualifier) / विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्मण्य- (प्रातिपदिक; from कर्मन् + यत्)

• अमुञ्चन्तु: let them release; let them set free
• अमुञ्चन्तु: (मुख्य क्रिया) — Kartā: आपः; Karma: (implicit ‘एनम्/इमम्’ ‘him/it’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (मुचॢँ—मोक्षणे) + अङ् (augment) → लोट्

• इतः: from here
• इतः: Apādāna (source: ‘from here’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतः (अव्यय; इदम्-प्रातिपदिकात्) / ‘from here’

• प्रणीतये: for leading forth; for guidance/conducting
• प्रणीतये: Sampradāna / प्रयोजन (dative of purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रणीतिः (प्रातिपदिक; from √नी ‘to lead’ with प्र- + क्तिन्)

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Adhikaraṇa (temporal) / क्रियाविशेषणम्
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय) ‘immediately’

• कृण्वन्तु: let them make; let them do
• कृण्वन्तु: (मुख्य क्रिया) — Kartā: आपः; Karma: (implicit ‘एनम्/इमम्’ ‘him/it’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (डुकृञ्—करणे) → लोट्

• एतवे: to go; for going
• एतवे: Prayojana (purpose) / गत्यर्थ-प्रयोजनम्
• Type: Verbal noun (Infinitive)
• Root: एतव- (प्रातिपदिक; infinitival formation from √इ ‘to go’ with -तव) → एतवे

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anonymous)

Devata: Āpas (Waters) as operative agents

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (incantatory)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira