Atharva Veda 2.4.3: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 3

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒यं विष्क॑न्धं सहते॒ऽयं बा॑धते अ॒त्त्रिणः॑ । अ॒यं नो॑ वि॒श्वभे॑षजो जङ्गि॒डः पा॒त्वंह॑सः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.4.3

IAST Transliteration

ayáṃ viṣkáṇdhaṃ sahate ’ayáṃ bā́dhate attríṇaḥ | ayáṃ no viśvá-bheṣajo jāṅgiḍáḥ pā́tv áṃhasaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This overcomes the Viṣkandha; this drives away the Devourers. This Jāṅgiḍa, a medicine for all, shall guard us from distress and harm.

Translation

یہ وِسکندھ کو شکست دیتا ہے؛ یہ کھانے والوں کو بھگا دیتا ہے۔ یہ جاں گِڑا، سب کے لیے دوا، ہمیں تکلیف اور نقصان سے بچائے گا۔

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Word by Word

• अयम्: this (one); he/this charm
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विष्कन्धम्: Viṣkandha (a disease/demon of obstruction)
• विष्कन्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्कन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)

• सहते: overcomes; withstands
• सहते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सह् (सहँ)

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• बाधते: drives away; afflicts (the afflicter)
• बाधते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √बाध्

• अत्त्रिणः: the devourers; harmful beings
• अत्त्रिणः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्त्रि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘devourer’, hostile being)

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us; our
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वभेषजः: the all-healing (remedy)
• विश्वभेषजः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: विश्व-भेषज (समास-प्रातिपदिक; कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीहि-प्राय)

• जङ्गिडः: the Jaṅgiḍa (plant/charm)
• जङ्गिडः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जङ्गिड (प्रातिपदिक; a healing plant/charm, ‘jaṅgiḍa’)

• पातु: may (it) protect
• पातु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (पालने)

• अंहसः: from distress/sin; from harm
• अंहसः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंहस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages for maṇi and bheṣaja hymns; specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on Anukramaṇī tradition for this sukta).

Devata: Jāṅgiḍa (as personified remedy/amulet) and the apotropaic power opposed to Viṣkandha and Attrins.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; short pādas with Atharvanic cadence—confirmable against pada-count in a metrical edition).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta