Atharva Veda 6.83.3: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 9, Sukta 83, Mantra 3

Sukta 83

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒सूति॑का रामाय॒ण्यऽप॒चित् प्र प॑तिष्यति । ग्लरि॒तः प्र प॑तिष्यति॒ स ग॑लु॒न्तो न॑शिष्यति

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 6.83.3

IAST Transliteration

asū́tikā rāmāyaṇy àpácit prá patiṣyati | glarítaḥ prá patiṣyati sá galúnto ná śiṣyati ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Asūtikā, Rāmāyaṇī—wasting sickness—shall fly forth; Glarita shall fly forth: of it, Galunta shall not remain behind.

Translation

‘అసూతికా’, ‘రామాయణీ’—ఈ ‘అపచిత్’ క్షయరోగం—ఎగిరి దూరంగా పోతుంది. ‘గ్లరిత’ కూడా ఎగిరి దూరంగా పోతుంది; దానిలో ‘గలున్తో’ (గాలున్త) ఇక్కడ మిగలదు.

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Word by Word

• असूतिकाः: (the) non-parturient/childless women; women without successful delivery
• असूतिकाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: असूतिक (प्रातिपदिक) < a- + सूतिक (सू- ‘प्रसव/जनन’ से) अथवा ‘असूति’ (अ- + सूति) + -कā

• रामायण्यः: women of the Rāmāyaṇī lineage/tribe; Rāmāyaṇī women
• रामायण्यः: Kartā (समुच्चित) / विशेषण
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: रामायणी (प्रातिपदिक) < ‘राम’ + ‘अयनी/अयण’ (वंश/सम्बन्ध) + स्त्री-प्रत्यय; यहाँ बहुवचन

• अपचित्: the wasting one; the one afflicted with decline/consumption
• अपचित्: Kartā (अगले क्रियापद का) / विशेष्य
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Noun
• Root: अपचित् (प्रातिपदिक) < अप + चि/चित् (‘क्षय/अपचय’), ‘अपचित’ = क्षीण/रोगग्रस्त; वैदिक रूप

• प्र: forth, forward, away
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग) अव्यय

• पतिष्यति: will fall/ will fly away
• पतिष्यति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु) ‘पत्—गत्यर्थे/पतन’

• ग्लरितः: the withered/feeble one
• ग्लरितः: Kartā (अगले क्रियापद का)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: ग्लरित (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक) < √ग्लै/ग्ला ‘क्षीण होना/म्लान होना’ से कृत/विशेषण

• प्र: forth, away
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग) अव्यय

• पतिष्यति: will fall/ will fly away
• पतिष्यति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)

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

• गलुन्तः: the loosened/drooping one; the one that has slackened
• गलुन्तः: Kartā (नशिष्यति का)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: गलुन्त (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक) < √गल्/√गॄ? ‘गिरना/ढीला होना/गला’ से -उन्त प्रत्यय; ‘गलुन्त’ = ढीला/गिरता हुआ/गलित

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध) अव्यय

• शिष्यति: remains, is left
• शिष्यति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: शिष् (धातु) ‘शिष्—अवशेषणे/शेष रहना’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic healer tradition

Devata: Disease-personifications (Asūtikā, Rāmāyaṇī, Apaciti, Glarita, Galunta) as targets

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta