Atharva Veda 7.56.3: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 6, Sukta 56, Mantra 3

Sukta 56

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यतो॑ द॒ष्टं यतो॑ धी॒तं तत॑स्ते॒ निर्ह्व॑यामसि । अ॒र्भस्य॑ तृप्रदं॒शिनो॑ म॒शक॑स्यार॒सं वि॒षम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.56.3

IAST Transliteration

yató daṣṭáṃ yató dhītáṃ tátas te nírhvayāmasi | árbhasya tṛpradaṃśíno maśakásyārásaṃ viṣám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whencesoever it was bitten, whencesoever it was lodged—thence we call it forth: the sapless poison of the tiny, sharp-biting mosquito.

Translation

ไม่ว่าถูกกัดจากที่ใด ไม่ว่าพิษจะฝังอยู่ที่ใด—เราขอเรียกมันออกมาจากที่นั้น. พิษอันไร้น้ำเลี้ยงของยุงตัวเล็กผู้กัดแหลมคม (मशक maśaka) จงสลายไป.

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Word by Word

• यतः: from where
• यतः: Apādāna
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) < यद्- (सर्वनाम)

• दष्टम्: (that which is) bitten/stung
• दष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: √दंश् (दंशने) → दष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• यतः: from where
• यतः: Apādāna
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) < यद्- (सर्वनाम)

• धीतम्: (that which is) thought/pondered
• धीतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: √धी (धी-धारणे/चिन्तायाम्) → धीत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• ततः: from that (source)
• ततः: Apādāna
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) < तद्- (सर्वनाम)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• निः: out, away
• निः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निः (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• ह्वयामसि: we call (away)
• ह्वयामसि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ह्वे/√ह्वा (आह्वाने)

• अर्भस्य: of the small/young one
• अर्भस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• तृप्रदंशिनः: of the sharp-biting/stinging (one)
• तृप्रदंशिनः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृप्रदंशिन् (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समासः: तृप्र- + दंशिन् ‘biter/stinger’)

• मशकस्य: of the mosquito
• मशकस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मशक (प्रातिपदिक)

• अरसम्: sapless/harmless (lit. without ‘rasa’)
• अरसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरस् (प्रातिपदिक) → अरस (नञ्-अर्थे ‘tasteless/insipid; sapless’)

• विषम्: poison/venom
• विषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Bhṛgu (sectional attribution)

Devata: Viṣa (poison) / Maśaka (mosquito) as adversarial agent

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta