Rig Veda 10.163.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 163, Mantra 2
Sukta 10.163
Rishi: Kṣema (traditionally associated with RV 10.163) / Atharvaṇic healing current within the Ṛgvedic corpus (traditional attribution varies by recension)
Devata: Yakṣmanāśana (the power that removes yakṣma); healing/exorcistic force, often functioning through Agni/Ādityas in the wider hymn context
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; to be confirmed by full metrical scan of the pādas)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ग्रीवाभ्यस्त उष्णिहाभ्यः कीकसाभ्यो अनूक्यात् । यक्ष्मं दोषण्यमंसाभ्यां बाहुभ्यां वि वृहामि ते ॥
Transliteration
grīvā́bhyas te uṣṇíhābhyáḥ kī́kasābhyo anū́kyāt | yakṣmáṃ doṣaṇyàm aṃ́sābhyāṃ bāhúbhyāṃ ví vṛhāmi te ||
Translation
Aus deinem Nacken, aus den warmen Lebensbahnen, aus dem Gerüst der Wirbel und aus dem Mark des Rückens; yakṣma — die an den Gelenken haftende — aus den Schultern, aus den Armen reiße ich aus dir heraus.
Word by Word
ग्री॒वाभ्यःfrom the neck (parts)
ग्री॒वाभ्यः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootग्रीवा (प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you / your
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
उ॒ष्णिहा॑भ्यःfrom the uṣṇihā-s (uṣṇih-related parts/veins; lit. ‘uṣṇihā’)
उ॒ष्णिहा॑भ्यः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootउष्णिहा (प्रातिपदिक; उष्णिह्-छन्दोविशेषः/नाम)
कीकसाभ्यःfrom the vertebrae/backbones (lit. kikasa-bones)
कीकसाभ्यः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootकीकसा (प्रातिपदिक)
अनू॒क्यात्from the spinal column / from the backbone
अनू॒क्यात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootअनूक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
यक्ष्मम्consumption, disease (yakṣma)
यक्ष्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
दोष॒ण्यम्affecting the upper arm/shoulder region
दोष॒ण्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदोषण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
अंसा॑भ्याम्from the two shoulders
अंसा॑भ्याम्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootअंस (प्रातिपदिक)
बा॒हुभ्याम्from the two arms
बा॒हुभ्याम्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart, away, asunder
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वृ॑हामिI tear out / I uproot
वृ॑हामि:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√वृह् (वृहँ—उच्छेदने/उन्मूलने)
तेfor you / from you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
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