Mantra 22

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदग्नौ सूर्ये विषं पृथिव्यामोषधीषु यत्। कान्दाविषं कनक्नकं निरैत्वैतु ते विषम्

IAST Transliteration

yád agnáu sū́rye víṣaṃ pṛthivyā́m óṣadhīṣu yát | kā́ndāvíṣaṃ kanáknakaṃ nír etv étu te víṣam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What poison is in fire, in sun, what poison is in earth, in herbs—stalk-poison, the biting bane—forth let it go, yea, let thy poison go forth.

Translation

أيُّ سُمٍّ في النار، وأيُّ سُمٍّ في الشمس، وأيُّ سُمٍّ في الأرض، وفي الأوشَدي (النباتات الدوائية)—سُمُّ الساق، والسُّمُّ اللادغُ المهلك—فليخرج؛ نعم، فليخرج سُمُّك.

Word by Word

यत्whatever / that which

अग्नौin fire

सूर्येin the sun

विषम्poison

पृथिव्याम्on/in the earth

ओषधीषुin the herbs/plants

यत्whatever (poison)

काण्डाविषम्stalk/plant-poison (poison in the stalks)

कनक्नकम्kanaknāka (a named poison/venom; toxic entity)

निर्out, away

एतुlet it go

आhither/fully (as a preverb)

एतुlet it go/come (move)

तेof you / your

विषम्poison

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (consult anukramaṇī).

Devata: Anti-poison expulsion; cosmic purifiers (Agni, Sūrya) and Oṣadhis as implicated domains.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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