Atharva Veda 2.33.5: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 33, Mantra 5

Sukta 33

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऊ॒रुभ्यां॑ ते अष्ठी॒वद्भ्यां॒ पार्ष्णिभ्यां॒ प्रप॑दाभ्याम्। यक्ष्मं॑ भस॒द्यं॑१ श्रोणि॑भ्यां॒ भास॑दं॒ भंस॑सो॒ वि वृ॑हामि ते

IAST Transliteration

ūrúbhyā́m te aṣṭhīvádbhyā́m pārṣṇíbhyā́m prápadā́bhyām | yákṣmaṁ bhasadyàṁ śróṇibhyā́m bhā́sadaṁ bháṁsaso ví vṛhāmi te

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From thy thighs, from thy bony members, from thy heels, from thy fore-feet; the yakṣma, seated in the rump— from the hips, seated in the buttock-seat, from the buttocks—apart from thee I tear it out.

Translation

من فخذيك، ومن أعضائك العظمية، ومن عقبيك، ومن مقدم قدميك؛ داءُ اليَكْشْمَا (yakṣma) الجالسُ في العَجُز—من الوركين، الجالسُ في مقعد الإليتين، من الإليتين—أقتلعُه منك وأمزّقه بعيدًا عنك.

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Word by Word

• ऊरुभ्याम्: from the thighs
• ऊरुभ्याम्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊरु (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अष्ठीवद्भ्याम्: from the bony ones (i.e., bony thighs)
• अष्ठीवद्भ्याम्: अपादान
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्ठीवत् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; अष्ठी + वत्)

• पार्ष्णिभ्याम्: from the heels
• पार्ष्णिभ्याम्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्ष्णि (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रपदाभ्याम्: from the foreparts of the feet / from the forefeet
• प्रपदाभ्याम्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपद (प्रातिपदिक)

• यक्ष्मम्: the disease (yákṣma; wasting/consumption)
• यक्ष्मम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• भसद्यम्: the ailment ‘bhasadya’ (a specific disease)
• भसद्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: भसद्य (प्रातिपदिक; रोगविशेष-नाम)

• श्रोणिभ्याम्: from the hips
• श्रोणिभ्याम्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रोणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• भासदम्: the ailment ‘bhāsada’
• भासदम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: भासद (प्रातिपदिक; रोगविशेष-नाम)

• भंससः: of the buttocks / of the rump
• भंससः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भंसस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart, asunder, away
• वि: (क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• वृहामि: I tear out / I uproot
• वृहामि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृह् (वृहँ) ‘उन्मूलने/उच्छेदने’

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (yakṣma-bhaiṣajya cycle; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī traditions)

Devata: Yakṣma (as the affliction/demonic agent) and implicitly the healing power of Atharvanic speech

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV healing verses; this mantra conforms to the style though exact metrical scansion may be irregular)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta