Atharva Veda 3.31.2: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 31, Mantra 2

Sukta 31

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

व्यार्त्या॒ पव॑मानो॒ वि श॒क्रः पा॑पकृ॒त्यया॑ । व्य॑१हं सर्वे॑ण पा॒प्मना॒ वि यक्ष्मे॑ण॒ समायु॑षा

IAST Transliteration

vy ā́rtyāḥ pavamā́no ví śakráḥ pā́pakṛtyayā́ | vy àháṃ sárveṇa pā́pmanā ví yakṣméṇa samā́yuṣā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From affliction the Purifier, from evil sorcery the Mighty One, drive it away. From every evil taint, from wasting-disease, together with full life, may I be set free.

Translation

व्यार्त्याः पवमानो व्यपनयतु; पापकृत्यायाः शक्रो व्यपनयतु। अहं सर्वेण पाप्मना यक्ष्मेण च, समायुशा सह, विमुच्येय।

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Word by Word

• व्यार्त्या: by/with (the power of) roaming/expulsion (vyārtī)
• व्यार्त्या: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यार्ति- (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक; √ऋ/अर् ‘to go, to move’ से व्यार्ति- ‘wandering/roaming; distress’ परम्परागत व्युत्पत्ति)

• पवमानः: purifying; flowing (as Soma/wind)
• पवमानः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √पू (पवते) → पवमान- (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• वि: apart; asunder; forth
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• शक्रः: the Mighty One (Indra)
• शक्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र- (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्र-विशेषण ‘mighty’)

• पापकृत्यया: by/with evil-doing; by witchcraft/evil act
• पापकृत्यया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पापकृत्या- (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक; ‘evil deed/witchcraft’)

• वि: apart; away
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वेण: with all; wholly
• सर्वेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व- (प्रातिपदिक)

• पाप्मना: with evil/sin; with the malignity
• पाप्मना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप्मन्- (पुं. प्रातिपदिक ‘evil, sin, disease’)

• वि: away; apart
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• यक्ष्मेण: with/against yakṣma (wasting disease)
• यक्ष्मेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्म- (पुं. प्रातिपदिक ‘consumption/illness’)

• समायुशा: with full life(-span); with complete longevity
• समायुशा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: समायुṣ्/समायुṣa- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘full life-span, complete longevity’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Aṅgirasa tradition (healing/protection hymn)

Devata: Pavamāna (purifier) and Indra (Śakra); targets: ārti, pāpman, yakṣma, kṛtyā

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: bhayankara