Atharva Veda 4.17.6 — Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 17, Mantra 6

Sukta 17

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

क्षु॒धा॒मा॒रं तृ॑ष्णामा॒रम॒गोता॑मनप॒त्यता॑म्। अपा॑मार्ग॒ त्वया॑ व॒यं सर्वं॒ तदप॑ मृज्महे

IAST Transliteration

kṣudhāmā́raṁ tṛ́ṣṇāmā́ram agótām anapatyátām | apā́mārga tváyā vayáṁ sárvaṁ tád ápa mṛjmahe ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hunger-slaying and thirst-slaying, cattlelessness and childlessness—with thee, O Apāmārga, all that we wipe away.

Translation

ผู้ทำลายความหิว ผู้ทำลายความกระหาย ทั้งความไร้โคและความไร้บุตร—ด้วยท่าน โอ อปามารคะ (Apāmārga) เราทั้งหลายปัดเช็ดสิ่งทั้งปวงนั้นออกไปให้สิ้น.

Word by Word

• क्षुधा-मारम्: hunger-destroyer (remover of hunger)
• क्षुधा-मारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुधा (प्रातिपदिक) + मार (प्रातिपदिक) → क्षुधामार

• तृष्णा-मारम्: thirst-destroyer (remover of thirst)
• तृष्णा-मारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृष्णा (प्रातिपदिक) + मार (प्रातिपदिक) → तृष्णामार

• अगोतम्: lack of cattle/lineage; non-possession of cows (misfortune)
• अगोतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अ- (निषेध) + गोत (प्रातिपदिक) → अगोत

• अनपत्यताम्: childlessness
• अनपत्यताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (abstract)
• Root: अ- (निषेध) + अपत्य (प्रातिपदिक) → अनपत्यता

• अपामार्ग: O Apāmārga (the herb/plant Achyranthes aspera)
• अपामार्ग: (Addressed entity; no kāraka)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: अपामार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वया: by you / with you
• त्वया: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (apposition to सर्वम्)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अप: away, off
• अप: (Preverb modifying verb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• मृज्महे: we wipe away / we cleanse off
• मृज्महे: (Finite verb; governs कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मृज् (मार्जने ‘to wipe/clean’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Āṅgiras transmission (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Apāmārga (as plant-deity and cleansing power)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira