Atharva Veda 4.23.6: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 23, Mantra 6

Sukta 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

येन॑ दे॒वा अ॒मृत॑म॒न्ववि॑न्द॒न् येनौष॑धी॒र्मधु॑मती॒रकृण्वन्। येन॑ दे॒वाः स्व॑१राभ॑र॒न्त्स नो॑ मुञ्च॒त्वंह॑सः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.23.6

IAST Transliteration

yéna devā́ amṛ́tam anvávindan yéna oṣadhī́r mádhu-matī́r ákṛṇvan | yéna devā́ḥ svàḥ ā́-bharan sá no muñcatv áṃhasaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Wherewith the Gods won immortality; wherewith they made the plants honey-sweet; wherewith the Gods brought hither heaven—may he release us from anguish.

Translation

येन देवाः अमृतम् अन्वविन्दन्, येन औषधीर्मधुमतीरकृण्वन्, येन देवाः स्वः आभरन्—स नः अंहसः मुञ्चतु।

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Word by Word

• येन: by which; with which
• येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमृतम्: immortality; ambrosia
• अमृतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: after; along; in sequence
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

• अविन्दन्: found; obtained
• अविन्दन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (लभे/विन्दति) धातु

• येन: by which
• येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• ओषधीः: herbs; healing plants
• ओषधीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधी (प्रातिपदिक)

• मधुमतीः: honeyed; sweet; full of sweetness
• मधुमतीः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुमत् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• अकृण्वन्: made; rendered
• अकृण्वन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करणे) धातु

• येन: by which
• येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वः: heaven; the heavenly world
• स्वः: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वर्/स्वः (अव्यय/नाम)

• आ: towards; unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ

• अभरन्: brought; bore
• अभरन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भरणे) धातु

• सः: he; that (one)
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स-

• नः: for us; of us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• मुञ्चतु: may (he) release; set free
• मुञ्चतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (मोचने) धातु

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

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (variable attribution)

Devata: Agni/Divine efficacy (with gods as exemplars; oṣadhis as empowered agents)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (longer pādas; confirm per edition)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta