Rig Veda 10.97.12: Mandala 10, Sukta 97, Mantra 12
Sukta 10.97
Rishi: Unknown/collective.
Devata: Oṣadhayaḥ; antagonist: Yakṣma.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यस्यौषधीः प्रसर्पथाङ्गमङ्गं परुष्परुः । ततो यक्ष्मं वि बाधध्व उग्रो मध्यमशीरिव ॥
Transliteration
yásyā́uṣadhīḥ prasárpathā́ṅgam aṅgáṁ páruṣ-paruḥ | táto yákṣmaṁ ví bādhadhva ugró madhyam-aśī́r iva ||
Translation
Wem die Heilkräfte der Kräuter kriechend sich ausbreiten — Glied um Glied, Gelenk um Gelenk —, dem vertreibt dann die Yakṣma, gewaltsam, wie ein grimmiger Keil, der die Mitte spaltet.
Word by Word
यस्यof whom/whose
यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → यस्-
औषधीःthe herbs (medicinal plants)
औषधीः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि- (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रसर्पथcreep forth/spread
प्रसर्पथ:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootसृप् (धातु) + प्र-
अङ्गम्limb
अङ्गम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्ग- (प्रातिपदिक)
अङ्गम्(each) limb
अङ्गम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्ग- (प्रातिपदिक)
परुष्परुःjoint by joint / through the joints
परुष्परुः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपरुष्परु- (प्रातिपदिक; द्वन्द्व/समाहार-भावः: ‘joint and joint/limb and limb’, i.e., the joints)
ततःthen; from thereupon
ततः:
अपादान/क्रम (source/sequence: ‘thereupon/from there’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम) → ततस् (अव्यय)
यक्ष्मम्disease/consumption
यक्ष्मम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष्म- (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart, away, asunder
वि:
(क्रियाविशेषण) —
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि- (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
बाधध्वम्drive away; repel
बाधध्वम्:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootबाध् (धातु) + वि-
उग्रःfierce, mighty
उग्रः:
कर्तृ/विशेषण (of an implied agent, e.g., the strong one/force)
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
मध्यमशीरिवlike one whose middle is loosened/disjointed (i.e., struck down in the mid-part)
मध्यमशीरिव:
विशेषण/उपमा
TypeAdjective + Indeclinable
Rootमध्यम- + अशीरि- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अशीरि’ = ‘unbound/loose, disjointed’; समासः) + इव (उपमा-अव्यय)
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