Atharva Veda 6.63.1: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 7, Sukta 63, Mantra 1

Sukta 63

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वर्चोबलप्राप्तिः। यत् ते॑ दे॒वी निरृ॑तिराब॒बन्ध॒ दाम॑ ग्री॒वास्व॑विमो॒क्यं यत्। तत् ते वि ष्या॒म्यायु॑षे॒ वर्च॑से॒ बला॑यादोम॒दमन्न॑मद्धि॒ प्रसू॑तः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 6.63.1

IAST Transliteration

yát te devī́ nírṛtir ābábandha dā́ma grīvā́sv avimokyàṃ yát | tát te ví ṣyāmy ā́yuṣe várchase bálāyā́do mádam ánnam addhí prasū́taḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What bond the Goddess Nirṛti hath fastened on thee—a cord upon the neck, a bond not lightly loosed—this same for thee I sunder, for life, for splendour, for strength. Eat thou this gladdening food, sent forth (to renewed being).

Translation

【เพื่อให้ได้รัศมีและพลัง】พันธนาการที่เทวี นิรฤติ (Nirṛti) ผูกไว้แก่ท่าน—เชือกที่คล้องคอ เป็นเงื่อนที่คลายได้ไม่ง่าย—ข้าพเจ้าขอแก้และตัดให้ท่าน เพื่ออายุยืน เพื่อรัศมีเดช (várchas) เพื่อกำลัง. จงกินอาหารอันชื่นบานนี้เถิด อันถูกส่งมาเพื่อให้ท่านกลับคืนสู่ความเป็นอยู่ใหม่อีกครั้ง.

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• यत्: that which
• यत्: सम्बन्ध/विशेषण (अन्वय-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यद्-शब्द

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of you/your’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: कर्तृ (agent of ‘bound’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (देव-प्रातिपदिक + ङीप्)

• निरृतिः: Nirṛti (goddess of dissolution/misfortune)
• निरृतिः: कर्तृ (agent; apposition to ‘देवी’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरृति (प्रातिपदिक)

• आबबन्ध: has bound / bound
• आबबन्ध: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √बन्ध् (बन्धने)

• दाम: a cord / band
• दाम: कर्म (object of ‘bound’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ग्रीवासु: on the necks
• ग्रीवासु: अधिकरण (location: ‘on/at the necks’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रीवा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अविमोक्यम्: not to be loosened / unremovable
• अविमोक्यम्: विशेषण (qualifies ‘दाम’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविमोक्य (प्रातिपदिक; न-वि-मोच्-य, ‘not-to-be-released’)

• यत्: which
• यत्: सम्बन्ध/विशेषण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्म (object of ‘वि ष्यामि’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: for you
• ते: सम्प्रदान (for you)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart, asunder (intensifier/separative)
• वि: क्रियाविशेषण (prefix to verb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• ष्यामि: I loosen / I separate
• ष्यामि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ष्यै/√षि (विच्छेदने/क्षये इति वैदिक-प्रयोगः; here ‘to loosen/separate’)

• आयुषे: for (your) life
• आयुषे: सम्प्रदान (for life/long life)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्चसे: for splendor / radiance
• वर्चसे: सम्प्रदान (for splendor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• बलाय: for strength
• बलाय: सम्प्रदान (for strength)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)

• अदोमदम्: (as) harmless/wholesome (epithet; exact nuance uncertain)
• अदोमदम्: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदोमद (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक-रूप, ‘not-domad/undomesticated’ or ‘unharming’—lexically uncertain)

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: कर्म (object of ‘अद्धि’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• अद्धि: eat!
• अद्धि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अद् (भक्षणे)

• प्रसूतः: impelled / set in motion / sent forth
• प्रसूतः: सम्बोधन/विशेषण (vocative sense though nominative form used)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसूत (√सू ‘to impel/bring forth’ + प्र-; past participle)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution varies; commonly Atharvan/Angiras-type for such apotropaic hymns)

Devata: Nirṛti (as the binding power), with the rite oriented to release into Āyus/Varcas/Bala

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires pada-count verification against a critical text)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: bhayankara

Secondary: shanta