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Atharva Veda 5.13.10: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 10

Sukta 13

ता॒बुवं॒ न ता॒बुवं॒ न घेत् त्वम॑सि ता॒बुव॑म्। ता॒बुवे॑नार॒सं वि॒षम्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 5.13.10

tābúvaṃ ná tābúvaṃ ná ghet tvám asi tābúvam | tābúvenārásaṃ viṣám

‘Tābuvam’—not ‘tābuvam’; let it not seize: thou art the Tābuvam. By the Tābuvam (make) the poison sapless.

‘ताबुवम्’—न ‘ताबुवम्’; न गृहीत्। त्वम् असि ताबुवम्। ताबुवेन अरसं विषम् (करोतु)।

ता॒बुवम्(the) tābuva (name of a plant/charm-substance)
ता॒बुवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootताबुव (प्रातिपदिक)
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
ता॒बुवम्(the) tābuva
ता॒बुवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootताबुव (प्रातिपदिक)
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
घेत्let (it) not seize/take
घेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootघा/घे (धातु; ‘ग्रहण/आदान’ अर्थे) — वैदिक रूप
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
असिare
असि:
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
ता॒बुवम्(the) tābuva
ता॒बुवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootताबुव (प्रातिपदिक)
ता॒बुवे॑नwith/by means of tābuva
ता॒बुवे॑न:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootताबुव (प्रातिपदिक)
अर॒सम्tasteless; sapless
अर॒सम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-रस (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-समास)
वि॒षम्poison
वि॒षम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविष (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Protective counter-agent (tābuvam) as operative power; viṣa as adversary

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta

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