Atharva Veda 9.8.12: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 12

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उ॒दरा॑त् ते क्लो॒म्नो नाभ्या॒ हृद॑या॒दधि॑ । यक्ष्मा॑णां॒ सर्वे॑षां वि॒षं निर॑वोचम॒हं त्वत्

IAST Transliteration

udárāt te klómno nā́bhyā hṛ́dayād ádhi | yákṣmāṇā́ṃ sárveṣāṃ víṣaṃ nír avocam aháṃ tvát ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From thy belly, from the kloman, from the navel, from above the heart—from thee I have spoken forth the poison of all the yakṣmās.

Translation

Aus deinem Bauch, aus dem kloman, aus dem Nabel, von oberhalb des Herzens — aus dir habe ich das Gift aller yakṣmās hinausgesprochen.

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Word by Word

• उदरात्: from the belly
• उदरात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदर (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• क्लोम्नः: from the kloman (a visceral organ; often taken as lung/‘sweetbread’)
• क्लोम्नः: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्लोमन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नाभ्याः: from the navel
• नाभ्याः: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाभि (प्रातिपदिक)

• हृदयात्: from the heart
• हृदयात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधि: from; upon; over
• अधि: (सहायक-निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable (Preverb/Preposition)
• Root: अधि

• यक्ष्माणाम्: of the diseases (yakṣma; wasting/consumption etc.)
• यक्ष्माणाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• विषम्: poison; venom (i.e., the harmful essence)
• विषम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष (प्रातिपदिक)

• निरवोचम्: I have spoken out/uttered away; I have expelled by utterance
• निरवोचम्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + निर् (उपसर्ग)

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

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

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (yakṣma-bhaiṣajya cycle)

Devata: Bhaiṣajya power; anti-Yakṣma

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira