Atharva Veda 1.11.3: Kanda 1, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 11, Mantra 3

Sukta 11

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सू॒षा व्यू॑र्णोतु॒ वि योनिं॑ हापयामसि । श्र॒थया॑ सूषणे॒ त्वमव॒ त्वं बि॑ष्कले सृज

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 1.11.3

IAST Transliteration

sūṣā vyù̄rṇotu ví yóniṃ hāpayāmasi | śratháyā sūṣaṇe tvám áva tváṃ biṣkale sṛja

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let Sūṣā unclose, set wide apart the womb: we cause the hindrance to depart. By loosening, O Loosener, do thou—yea, thou—cast it down and forth, O Biṣkala; discharge it.

Translation

సూషా గర్భాశయాన్ని తెరవనీ, యోనిమార్గాన్ని విశాలం చేయనీ; మేము అడ్డంకిని తొలగింపజేస్తాము. హే శీథిలకారిణీ (సూషణే), నీవు శీథిలపరచి—అవును, నీవే—హే బిష్కల, దీనిని కిందకూ బయటకూ పడవేయి; దీనిని విడుదల చేయి.

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Word by Word

• सूषा: the सूषा (a wasting/afflicting condition; disease/evil)
• सूषा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूषा- (प्रातिपदिक; रोग/दोष-विशेषः) अथवा सूष्- (धातु, शोषणे)

• व्यूर्णोतु: let (her/it) open/spread apart
• व्यूर्णोतु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (वृणोति/वृणुते) उपसर्गः वि-

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

• योनिम्: the womb; the source/seat
• योनिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• हापयामसि: we cause to abandon; we drive away
• हापयामसि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हा (त्यागे) णिच् → हापय-

• श्रथया: with loosening/relaxation
• श्रथया: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रथया- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘loosening/relaxing’), √श्रथ् (शिथिलीकरणे) से

• सूषणे: in/for the सूषण (the wasting affliction; the condition)
• सूषणे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूषण- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सूषा’ से सम्बन्धित/सूषा-कारक) अथवा √सूष् (शोषणे) से

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अव: down, away; off
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्-

• बिष्कले: O Biṣkala (name of the affliction/evil being addressed)
• बिष्कले: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिष्कल- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘बिष्कल’ = रोग/दोष-विशेषः; voc.)

• सृज: release; let go; cast off
• सृज: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सृज् (विसर्गे/मोचने)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (seer not securely fixed for this single verse in common modern apparatus; often assigned within the hymn’s anuvāka tradition).

Devata: Sūṣā (personified loosener/expeller); Biṣkala (named power linked to the obstruction or its release).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; standard for many AV healing verses—exact metrical scan depends on pada reading).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta