Atharva Veda 2.3.4: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 4

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उ॒प॒जीका॒ उद् भ॑रन्ति समु॒द्रादधि॑ भेष॒जम्। तदा॑स्रा॒वस्य॑ भेष॒जं तदु॒ रोग॑मशीशमत्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.3.4

IAST Transliteration

upajīkā́ ud bháranti samudrā́d ádhi bheṣajám | tád āsrāvá­sya bheṣajáṃ tád u rógaṃ aśīśamat ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Upajīkās bear forth the remedy from the Sea. That is the remedy for the running flux; that, verily, hath stilled the disease.

Translation

Upajīki wynoszą lekarstwo z Morza. To jest lekarstwo na ciekący wyciek; to, zaprawdę, uśmierzyło chorobę.

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Word by Word

• उपजीकाः: ants/termites (lit. burrowing insects)
• उपजीकाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपजीका (प्रातिपदिक)

• उद्: up, out (as preverb)
• उद्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• भरन्ति: they bring/bear
• भरन्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भरणे)

• समुद्रात्: from the sea/ocean
• समुद्रात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधि: upon, from over; with reference to
• अधि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• भेषजम्: medicine, remedy
• भेषजम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज (प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्: that (remedy)
• तत्: कर्म (अग्राम्य-निर्देशः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आस्रावस्य: of the discharge/flux (oozing disease)
• आस्रावस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्राव (प्रातिपदिक)

• भेषजम्: remedy/medicine
• भेषजम्: कर्म (तत्-समनाधिकरण/पुनरुक्ति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज (प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उ: indeed, just
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (निपात)

• रोगम्: disease
• रोगम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक)

• अशीशमत्: it pacified/quelled
• अशीशमत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शम् (शमने) + आ (उपसर्ग)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi attribution for AVŚ 2.3 varies by anukramaṇī; commonly treated as Atharvan/Angiras-type healing material).

Devata: Bheṣaja (the Remedy) personified; secondarily the ‘samudra’ as source of healing potency.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of ~8 syllables; typical Atharvanic healing meter).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta