Atharva Veda 6.91.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 10, Sukta 91, Mantra 2

Sukta 91

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

न्य॑१ग्वातो॑ वाति॒ न्यऽक् तपति॑ सूर्यः॑ । नी॒चीन॑म॒घ्न्या दु॑हे॒ न्यऽग् भवतु ते॒ रपः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 6.91.2

IAST Transliteration

nyàk vā́to vāti nyàk tápati sū́ryaḥ | nīcī́nam aghnyā́ dúhe nyàg bhavatu te rápáḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Downward the Wind doth blow; downward the Sun doth burn: downward the inviolable Cow is milked; downward, for thee, let the wasting harm be driven.

Translation

W dół wiatr wieje; w dół słońce pali; w dół niezniszczalna krowa jest dojona; w dół, dla ciebie, niech będzie odpędzona szkoda wyniszczenia.

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• न्यक्: downwards
• न्यक्: Adhikaraṇa (गति/दिशा-निर्देशः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न्यञ्च् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) / निः + अञ्च्

• वातः: the wind
• वातः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक)

• वाति: blows
• वाति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वा (वाति)

• न्यक्: downwards
• न्यक्: Adhikaraṇa (दिशा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न्यञ्च् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) / निः + अञ्च्

• तपति: heats, burns
• तपति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तप् (तपति)

• सूर्यः: the Sun
• सूर्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• नीचीनम्: downward, low (down below)
• नीचीनम्: Karma (क्रियाविशेष्य/गत्यर्थ-लक्ष्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नीचीन (प्रातिपदिक; नीच + ख (ईन) तद्धित)

• अघ्न्या: the cow (the ‘not-to-be-killed’ one)
• अघ्न्या: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ्न्या (प्रातिपदिक; ‘न हन्तव्या’—गौः) अव्युत्पन्न-नाम

• दुहे: gives milk, is milked
• दुहे: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दुह् (दुहे)

• न्यक्: downwards
• न्यक्: Adhikaraṇa (दिशा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न्यञ्च् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) / निः + अञ्च्

• भवतु: let it be, may it become
• भवतु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भवति)

• ते: your
• ते: Sampradāna/सम्बन्ध (स्वामित्व-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रपः: defect, harm, disease/blemish
• रपः: Kartā (भवतु इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रपस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic healer tradition

Devata: Cosmic regulators (Vāta, Sūrya) as exemplars; functional devatā is yakṣman-removal

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta