Atharva Veda 6.95.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 10, Sukta 95, Mantra 2

Sukta 95

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

हि॒र॒ण्ययी॒ नौर॑चर॒द्धिर॑ण्यबन्धना दि॒वि। तत्रा॒मृत॑स्य॒ पुष्पं॑ दे॒वाः कुष्ठ॑मवन्वत

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 6.95.2

IAST Transliteration

hiraṇyáyī naúr acarad hiraṇyabandhanā diví | tátrāmṛ́tasya púṣpaṃ devā́ḥ kuṣṭhám avanvata

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A golden ship went coursing, gold-bound, in heaven. There was the flower of immortality: there the Gods won Kuṣṭha for themselves.

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Word by Word

• हिरण्ययी: golden
• हिरण्ययी: कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण कर्तृपदस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• नौः: ship, boat
• नौः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: नौ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अचरत्: moved, went
• अचरत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर्

• हिरण्यबन्धना: having golden bonds/fastenings
• हिरण्यबन्धना: कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण कर्तृपदस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्य-बन्धन (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• दिवि: in heaven, in the sky
• दिवि: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (देश/स्थान-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• अमृतस्य: of immortality / of ambrosia
• अमृतस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुष्पम्: flower
• पुष्पम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• कुष्ठम्: kuṣṭha (a medicinal herb)
• कुष्ठम्: कर्म (द्वितीयं कर्म; ‘पुष्पम्’ इत्यस्य अपि कर्मत्वं)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवन्वत: they found/obtained (tracked down)
• अवन्वत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव् (अव्/अवति) + अनु- (उपसर्ग) → अन्वव्/अन्ववति (वैदिक प्रयोगः)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi not explicit in the provided excerpt).

Devata: Kuṣṭha / amṛta as empowering principle

Chandas: Likely anuṣṭubh-like; requires full metrical audit.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta