Atharva Veda 9.8.11: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 11

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ब॒हिर्बिलं॒ निर्द्र॑वतु॒ काहा॑बाहं॒ तवो॒दरा॑त्। यक्ष्मा॑णां॒ सर्वे॑षां वि॒षं निर॑वोचम॒हं त्वत्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 9.8.11

IAST Transliteration

bahírbílaṃ nírdravatu kā́hābāhaṃ tavódarāt | yákṣmāṇā́ṃ sárveṣāṃ víṣaṃ nír avocam aháṃ tvát ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Out through the hole let the kāhābāha run forth from thy belly. From thee I have spoken forth the poison of all the yakṣmās.

Translation

Nach außen, durch die Öffnung, fließe der kāhābāha aus deinem Bauch hervor. Aus dir habe ich das Gift aller yakṣmās hinausgesprochen.

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Word by Word

• बहिḥ: outside, outward
• बहिḥ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहिस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• बिलम्: hole, burrow
• बिलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिल (प्रातिपदिक)

• निः: out, forth (as preverb)
• निः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निस् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• द्रवतु: let (it/he) run out / flee
• द्रवतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु (धातु) + लोट्

• काहा-बाहम्: the ‘kāhā-bāha’ (a named ailment/creature; lit. ‘kāhā-armed’)
• काहा-बाहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: काहा-बाह (समास-प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-प्रकारः)

• तव: from/of you, your
• तव: सम्बन्ध (Genitive) / Apādāna-सम्बन्धः
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उदरात्: from the belly/abdomen
• उदरात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदर (प्रातिपदिक)

• यक्ष्माणाम्: of the diseases/consumptions (yakṣma)
• यक्ष्माणाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• विषम्: poison, venom
• विषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष (प्रातिपदिक)

• निः: out, away (as preverb)
• निः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निस् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अवोचम्: I have spoken/uttered (away)
• अवोचम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + लुङ्

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वत्: from you
• त्वत्: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (yakṣma-bhaiṣajya cycle)

Devata: Yakṣma (as adversary) / Bhaiṣajya power of expulsion

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: bhayankara