Atharva Veda 2.4.3: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 3

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒यं विष्क॑न्धं सहते॒ऽयं बा॑धते अ॒त्त्रिणः॑ । अ॒यं नो॑ वि॒श्वभे॑षजो जङ्गि॒डः पा॒त्वंह॑सः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 2.4.3

IAST Transliteration

ayáṃ viṣkáṇdhaṃ sahate ’ayáṃ bā́dhate attríṇaḥ | ayáṃ no viśvá-bheṣajo jāṅgiḍáḥ pā́tv áṃhasaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This overcomes the Viṣkandha; this drives away the Devourers. This Jāṅgiḍa, a medicine for all, shall guard us from distress and harm.

Translation

अयं विष्कन्धं सहते, अयम् अत्त्रिणो बाधते। अयं नः विश्वभेषजो जाङ्गिडोऽंहसः पातु।

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Word by Word

• अयम्: this (one); he/this charm
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विष्कन्धम्: Viṣkandha (a disease/demon of obstruction)
• विष्कन्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्कन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)

• सहते: overcomes; withstands
• सहते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सह् (सहँ)

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

• बाधते: drives away; afflicts (the afflicter)
• बाधते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √बाध्

• अत्त्रिणः: the devourers; harmful beings
• अत्त्रिणः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्त्रि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘devourer’, hostile being)

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

• नः: for us; our
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वभेषजः: the all-healing (remedy)
• विश्वभेषजः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: विश्व-भेषज (समास-प्रातिपदिक; कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीहि-प्राय)

• जङ्गिडः: the Jaṅgiḍa (plant/charm)
• जङ्गिडः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जङ्गिड (प्रातिपदिक; a healing plant/charm, ‘jaṅgiḍa’)

• पातु: may (it) protect
• पातु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (पालने)

• अंहसः: from distress/sin; from harm
• अंहसः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंहस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages for maṇi and bheṣaja hymns; specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on Anukramaṇī tradition for this sukta).

Devata: Jāṅgiḍa (as personified remedy/amulet) and the apotropaic power opposed to Viṣkandha and Attrins.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; short pādas with Atharvanic cadence—confirmable against pada-count in a metrical edition).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta