Atharva Veda 6.43.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 5, Sukta 43, Mantra 2

Sukta 43

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒यं यो भूरि॑मूलः समु॒द्रम॑व॒तिष्ठ॑ति । द॒र्भः पृ॑थि॒व्या उत्थि॑तो मन्यु॒शम॑न उच्यते

IAST Transliteration

ayáṃ yó bhū́rimūlaḥ samudrám avátíṣṭhati | darbhaḥ pṛthivyā́ utthítaḥ manyuśáman ucyate ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This which is many-rooted and stands fast upon the sea—this darbha, sprung from Earth, is called the pacifier of anger.

Translation

Inilah yang berakar banyak dan berdiri teguh di atas samudera—darbha ini, yang tumbuh dari Bumi, disebut penenang kemarahan.

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Word by Word

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• भूरिमूलः: having many roots / much-rooted
• भूरिमूलः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूरि-मूल (समास-प्रातिपदिक; कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीहि-प्रायः)

• समुद्रम्: the sea/ocean
• समुद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवतिष्ठति: stands upon / rests on
• अवतिष्ठति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (तिष्ठति) उपसर्गः अव-

• दर्भः: darbha-grass
• दर्भः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृथिव्याः: of the earth
• पृथिव्याः: (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत्थितः: arisen / sprung up
• उत्थितः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: उद्-√स्था → उत्थित (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)

• मन्युशमनः: the pacifier of wrath/anger
• मन्युशमनः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: मन्यु-शमन (समास-प्रातिपदिक; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘मन्योः शमनः’)

• उच्यते: is called / is said
• उच्यते: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (उच्यते; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here)

Devata: Darbha as remedy; Manyu as the affliction

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta