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Atharva Veda 2.33.1: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 33, Mantra 1

Sukta 33

यक्ष्मविबर्हणम्। ५ उपरिष्टाद्विराड्बृहती, ६ उष्णिग्गर्भा निचृदनुष्टुप्, ७ पथ्यापङ्क्तिः। अ॒क्षीभ्यां॑ ते॒ नासि॑काभ्यां॒ कर्णा॑भ्यां छुबु॑का॒दधि॑ । यक्ष्मं॑ शीर्ष॒ण्यं ऽ म॒स्तिष्का॑ज्जि॒ह्वाया॒ वि वृ॑हामि ते

akṣī́bhyāṃ te nā́sikābhyāṃ kárṇābhyāṃ chubúkād ádhi | yákṣmaṃ śīrṣaṇyàṃ mastíṣkāj jihvā́yā ví vṛhāmi te

From thine eyes, from thy nostrils, from thine ears, from above the chin— The yákṣma that is head-ensconced, from the brain, from the tongue, I tear it forth from thee.

من عينيك، ومن منخريك، ومن أذنيك، ومن فوق الذقن—اليَكْشْما (yakṣma) القابع في الرأس، من الدماغ، ومن اللسان—أنتزعه منك.

अक्षीभ्याम्from (the) two eyes
अक्षीभ्याम्:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootअक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you / your
ते:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नासिकाभ्याम्from (the) two nostrils
नासिकाभ्याम्:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootनासिका (प्रातिपदिक)
कर्णाभ्याम्from (the) two ears
कर्णाभ्याम्:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootकर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
छुबुकात्from the chin
छुबुकात्:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootछुबुक (प्रातिपदिक)
अधिupon; over; from upon
अधि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
यक्ष्मम्disease (yakṣma/consumption)
यक्ष्मम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
शीर्षण्यम्(the) head-situated
शीर्षण्यम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootशीर्षण्य (प्रातिपदिक; शीर्षन्-सम्बद्ध विशेषण)
मस्तिष्कात्from the brain
मस्तिष्कात्:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootमस्तिष्क (प्रातिपदिक)
जिह्वायाःfrom the tongue
जिह्वायाः:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootजिह्वा (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart; away (intensifier/separator)
वि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वृहामिI tear out / I remove
वृहामि:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Root√वृह् (वृहँ उच्छेदने/निर्मोचने)
तेof you / from you
ते:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi not stated in the supplied excerpt)

Devata: Yákṣma (as disease-demon) / healing-extraction force of the Atharvan

Chandas: Noted in the Anukramaṇī for this hymn-cycle: mixed meters; this mantra is commonly treated as anuṣṭubh-like in cadence, but the excerpt indicates a metrical sequence across verses (5–7) and does not explicitly label v.1.

Primary: vira

Secondary: karuna

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