Atharva Veda 1.12.3: Kanda 1, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 3

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मु॒ञ्च शी॑र्ष॒क्त्या उ॒त का॒स ए॑नं॒ परु॑ष्परुरावि॒वेशा॒ यो अ॑स्य । यो अ॑भ्र॒जा वा॑त॒जा यश्च॒ शुष्मो॒ वन॒स्पती॑न्त्सचतां॒ पर्व॑तांश्च

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 1.12.3

IAST Transliteration

muñcá śīrṣaktyā́ utá kāsá enaṃ párūṣparuḥ āvivéśa yó asyá | yó abhrájā́ vātájā́ yáś ca śúṣmo vanaspátīn sacatā́m párvatāṃś ca

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Loose him from headache; yea, and from cough—him whom the rending limb-pain hath entered and possessed. What is cloud-begotten, what is wind-begotten, and what fierce surge of malady—let the Forest-Lords (the plants) attend, and the Mountains also.

Translation

จงปลดเขาจากอาการปวดศีรษะ และจากอาการไอด้วย—ผู้ซึ่งความปวดร้าวดุจฉีกขาดแห่งอวัยวะได้แทรกเข้าไปและครอบงำเขา. สิ่งใดเกิดจากเมฆ สิ่งใดเกิดจากลม และกระแสโรคอันดุเดือด (śuṣma)—ขอเหล่าเจ้าแห่งพงไพร คือพืชยา จงเข้าช่วย และขอภูเขาทั้งหลายด้วยเถิด.

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Word by Word

• मुञ्च: release; set free
• मुञ्च: (predicate; governs objects)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (muc)

• शीर्षक्त्याः: from the head-disease/affliction (śīrṣaktī)
• शीर्षक्त्याः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: शीर्षक्ती (prātipadika; f.)

• उत: and; also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• कासः: cough
• कासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कास (prātipadika; m.)

• एनम्: him; this person
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (enam- form)

• परुष्परुः: (a disease/agent) Paruṣparu
• परुष्परुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: परुष्परु (prātipadika; m.)

• आविवेश: has entered; has penetrated
• आविवेश: (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश् (viś) + आ

• यः: who; which
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (relative pronoun)

• अस्य: of him; his
• अस्य: Sambandha (genitival relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (relative pronoun)

• अभ्रजाः: cloud-born; arising from clouds
• अभ्रजाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अभ्रज (prātipadika; m.)

• वातजाः: wind-born; arising from wind
• वातजाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वातज (prātipadika; m.)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• शुष्मः: fury; violent force (here: a violent ailment/attack)
• शुष्मः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुष्म (prātipadika; m.)

• वनस्पतीन्: plants; lords of the forest (medicinal herbs/trees)
• वनस्पतीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनस्पति (prātipadika; m.)

• सचताम्: let them accompany/attach (themselves); let them join
• सचताम्: (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सच् (sac)

• पर्वतान्: mountains
• पर्वतान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (prātipadika; m.)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (ascribed at hymn-level in the Anukramaṇī; to be specified by consulting the AVŚ anukramaṇī for 1.12).

Devata: Bhaiṣajya/vanaspati powers; implicitly the expelling force against kāsa, śīrṣa-śakti, and parūṣparu.

Chandas: Predominantly Anuṣṭubh-type cadence (to be verified against pada-count in the school’s metrical analysis).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: karuna

Secondary: shanta