Mantra 22

Sukta 96

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अस्थिभ्यस्ते मज्जभ्यः स्नावभ्यो धमनिभ्यः यक्ष्मं पाणिभ्यामङ्गुलिभ्यो नखेभ्यो वि वृहामि ते

IAST Transliteration

asthíbhyas te májjabhyáḥ snā́vabhyo dhamánibhyaḥ | yákṣmaṁ pā́ṇi-bhyām aṅgulí-bhyo nakhébhyo ví vṛhāmi te

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From thy bones, from thy marrow, from thy sinews, from thy vessels; from thy hands, from thy fingers, from thy nails, the Yákṣma do I rend away from thee.

Translation

তোমার অস্থি থেকে, তোমার মজ্জা থেকে, তোমার স্নায়ু/স্নায়ুবন্ধ (স্নাব) থেকে, তোমার ধমনী/নাড়ি (ধমনি) থেকে; তোমার হাত থেকে, তোমার আঙুল থেকে, তোমার নখ থেকে—যক্ষ্মাকে আমি তোমার দেহ থেকে উপড়ে ছিঁড়ে দূর করি।

Word by Word

अस्थिभ्यःfrom the bones

तेof you / your

मज्जभ्यःfrom the marrow

स्नावभ्यःfrom the sinews

धमनिभ्यःfrom the vessels/arteries

यक्ष्मम्disease (consumption)

पाणिभ्याम्with (my) two hands

अङ्गुलिभ्यःfrom the fingers

नखेभ्यःfrom the nails

विapart, away, asunder

वृहामिI tear out / I remove

तेof you / your

Attribution

Rishi: Kāśyapa (series attribution)

Devata: Yákṣma (expelled); healing speech

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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