Mantra 18

Sukta 96

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ग्रीवाभ्यस्त उष्णिहाभ्यः कीकसाभ्यो अनूक्याऽत्। यक्ष्मं दोषण्य१मंसाभ्यां बाहुभ्यां वि वृहामि ते

IAST Transliteration

grīvā́bhyas te uṣṇíhābhyas kī́kasābhyo anū́kyāt | yákṣmaṃ doṣaṇyàṃ aṃsā́bhyāṃ bāhúbhyāṃ ví vṛhāmi te

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From thy neck, from thy nape, from the vertebrae, from the spine—yakṣma, lodged in shoulder and arm, from shoulders, from arms, I tear it forth from thee.

Translation

তোৰ ডিঙিৰ পৰা, ডিঙিৰ পাছফাল (নেপ)ৰ পৰা, কশেৰুকাৰ পৰা, মেৰুদণ্ডৰ পৰা— কান্ধ আৰু বাহুত লাগি থকা যক্ষ্মাক; কান্ধদুটাৰ পৰা, বাহুদুটাৰ পৰা— মই তোৰ পৰা টানি উভালি বাহিৰ কৰোঁ।

Word by Word

ग्रीवाभ्यःfrom the necks

तेof you / your

उष्णिहाभ्यःfrom the uṣṇihā (parts/regions so named)

कीकसाभ्यःfrom the vertebrae / spinal bones

अनूक्यात्from the spinal/back region

यक्ष्मम्consumption/disease (yakṣma)

दोषण्यम्harmful, afflicting

अंसाभ्याम्with (the) two shoulders

बाहुभ्याम्with (the) two arms

विapart, away, asunder

वृहामिI tear out / I pull out

तेfrom you / your

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic healer-seer tradition (variable).

Devata: Yakṣma (as removable affliction) / healing speech-act.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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