Atharva Veda 6.52.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 6, Sukta 52, Mantra 2

Sukta 52

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नि गावो॑ गो॒ष्ठे अ॑सद॒न् नि मृ॒गासो॑ अविक्षत । न्यू॒३र्मयो॑ न॒दीनं॒ न्य॑१दृष्टा॑ अलिप्सत

IAST Transliteration

ní gā́vo goṣṭhé asadan ní mṛgā́so avikṣata | ní ū́rmayo nadī́nāṃ ní adṛṣṭā́ alipsata |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Down in the stall the cattle have sat safe; away the wild beasts have withdrawn. Down have the river-waves subsided; away have the unseen slunk off.

Translation

नि गावो गोष्ठे असदन्, नि मृगासोऽविक्षत। न्यूर्मयो नदीनाṃ न्यदृष्टा अलिप्सत॥

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Word by Word

• नि: down; in; into (as preverb)
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (upasarga) / nī (as preverb)

• गावः: cows
• गावः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (prātipadika)

• गोष्ठे: in the cowshed; in the cattle-pen
• गोष्ठे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो-ष्ठ (गो + स्था/स्थान; prātipadika: गोष्ठ)

• असदन्: sat down; settled
• असदन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सद् (सीदति) / sad

• नि: down; in
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (upasarga)

• मृगासः: wild animals; deer
• मृगासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग (prātipadika)

• अविक्षत: did not stir/roam; remained undisturbed
• अविक्षत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विक्ष् / √विक्ष (vi + √kṣ?; Vedic: ‘to be disturbed/roam about’; here with privative a-)

• नि: down; in
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (upasarga)

• ऊर्मयः: waves
• ऊर्मयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्मि (prātipadika)

• नदीनाम्: of the rivers
• नदीनाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (prātipadika)

• नि: down; in
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (upasarga)

• अदृष्टाः: unseen; not visible
• अदृष्टाः: Kartā (as qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: दृष्ट (PPP of √दृश्) with privative a-

• अलिप्सत: clung/attached (down); settled
• अलिप्सत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लिप्स् / √लिप् (desiderative/denominative Vedic usage: ‘to smear/adhere’; here ‘to cling/attach’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi not specified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Śānti-force / Āditya-Sūrya complex (contextual continuation from 6.52.1; functional devatā is pacification)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (probable; requires metrical verification)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta