Atharva Veda 6.90.3: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 9, Sukta 90, Mantra 3

Sukta 90

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नम॑स्ते रु॒द्रास्य॑ते॒ नमः॒ प्रति॑हितायै । नमो॑ विसृ॒ज्यमा॑नायै॒ नमो॒ निप॑तितायै

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 6.90.3

IAST Transliteration

námas te rudrā́syate námaḥ práti-hitāyai | námo visṛjyámānāyai námo nípatitāyai

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Homage to thee, O Rudra, as thou shootest; homage to the shaft when it is aimed and set; homage when it is loosed forth; homage when it hath fallen.

Translation

ขอนอบน้อมแด่ท่าน รุทระ เมื่อท่านกำลังยิง; ขอนอบน้อมแด่ศรเมื่อถูกเล็งและตั้งไว้; ขอนอบน้อมแด่ศรเมื่อถูกปล่อยออก; ขอนอบน้อมแด่ศรเมื่อได้ตกลงแล้ว.

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Word by Word

• नमः: salutation, homage
• नमः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: to you / your
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रुद्र: O Rudra
• रुद्र: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (proper/divine name)
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्यते: (when) shooting/casting (the missile)
• अस्यते: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle used predicatively)
• Root: अस् (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त-प्रत्ययः; वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि/भावे)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रतिहितायै: to (her/that) which is set/placed against; to the ‘checked/held back’ (state/aspect)
• प्रतिहितायै: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective (f.)
• Root: प्रतिहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; प्रति-√धा ‘स्थापने’ → ‘प्रतिहित’ = ‘स्थापित/निहित’)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• विसृज्यमानायै: to (her/that) which is being released/let loose
• विसृज्यमानायै: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective (f.)
• Root: विसृज्यमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; वि-√सृज् ‘विसर्जने/मोचने’ + मान (वर्तमानकर्मणि कृदन्त))

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• निपतितायै: to (her/that) which has fallen down / has alighted
• निपतितायै: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective (f.)
• Root: निपतित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; नि-√पत् ‘पातने/निपाते’ → ‘निपतित’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic healing tradition

Devata: Rudra and his iṣu (personified through stages)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: bhayankara