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Atharva Veda 9.8.6: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 6

Sukta 8

यस्य॑ भी॒मः प्र॑तीका॒श उ॑द्वे॒पय॑ति॒ पूरु॑षम्। त॒क्मानं॑ वि॒श्वशा॑रदं ब॒हिर्निर्म॑न्त्रयामहे

yásya bhīmáḥ pratīkāśá udvépayati pū́ruṣam | takmā́naṃ viśváśāradam bahír nírmantrayāmahé ||

That Takman whose dreadful aspect makes the man to shudder—Takman that endures through every autumn—we charm him forth and drive without.

ذلك التَّكمانُ الذي يُرعِدُ الإنسانَ منظرُهُ المُفزِع—التَّكمانُ الباقي عبرَ كلِّ خريف—نُجري عليه التَّعويذَ فنستخرِجُهُ ونطرُدُهُ إلى الخارج.

यस्यwhose / of whom
यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
भीमःterrible, fearsome
भीमः:
कर्तृ (of the verb उद्वेपयति)
TypeAdjective
Rootभीम (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रतीकाशःappearance, outward look
प्रतीकाशः:
कर्तृ (apposition to भीमः)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रतीकाश (प्रातिपदिक)
उद्वेपयतिcauses to tremble; frightens
उद्वेपयति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-√विप्/√वेप् (कम्पने) (causative: वेपयति)
पूरुषम्a man, person
पूरुषम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
तक्ष्मानम्Takman (fever-demon / fever)
तक्ष्मानम्:
कर्म (of मन्त्रयामहे)
TypeNoun
Rootतक्ष्मन्/तक्ष्मा (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वशारदम्lasting through all autumns; perennial
विश्वशारदम्:
विशेषण (of तक्ष्मानम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व-शारद (समास-प्रातिपदिक; शारद = शरद्-सम्बद्ध)
बहिःoutside
बहिः:
अधिकारण (directional/locative sense: outside)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootबहिस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
निर्मन्त्रयामहेwe conjure/adjure; we drive away by incantation
निर्मन्त्रयामहे:
क्रिया (कर्तृ = वयम् implied)
TypeVerb
Rootनिर्-√मन्त्र् (गुप्तभाषणे/मन्त्रणे) (denominative/causative sense in mantra-language)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Takman (Fever) as personified disease

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Primary: vira

Secondary: bhayankara

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