Mantra 8

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विषितं ते वस्तिबिलं समुद्रस्योदधेरिव । एवा ते मूत्रं मुच्यतां बहिर्बालिति सर्वकम्

IAST Transliteration

víṣitaṃ te vastibiláṃ samudrásyodadhér iva | evā́ te mū́traṃ mucyatāṃ bahírbālíti sarvákam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Opened be for thee the bladder’s outlet, like that of ocean and of sea. Thus let thy urine be discharged—outward, the whole obstructing mass expelled.

Word by Word

• विषितम्: pierced / opened (as by a puncture)
• विषितम्: Karma (वस्तिबिलम्-विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √विष् (वेधने/व्यथने) → विषित (ppp) / प्रातिपदिक: विषित-

• ते: your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वस्तिबिलम्: the bladder-opening / bladder-orifice
• वस्तिबिलम्: Karma (यत् ‘विषितम्’ इति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्ति- + बिल- (समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) → वस्तिबिल-

• समुद्रस्य: of the sea
• समुद्रस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र- (प्रातिपदिक)

• उदधेः: of the ocean
• उदधेः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदधि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like / as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (निपात)

• एव: just so / indeed
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (निपात)

• ते: your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मूत्रम्: urine
• मूत्रम्: Kartā (मुच्यताम् इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूत्र- (प्रातिपदिक)

• मुच्यताम्: let it be released / let it flow out
• मुच्यताम्: — (कर्मणि; कर्ता ‘मूत्रम्’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (मोचने)

• बहिः: outward / outside
• बहिः: Adhikaraṇa (दिशा/स्थान-निर्देशः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहिः (अव्यय)

• बालिति: ‘bāli’ (so called)
• बालिति: — (इति-प्रयोगेण नामनिर्देशः)
• Type: Noun + Indeclinable
• Root: बालि- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘बालि’ इति नाम/विशेषणम्) + इति (उद्धरण-निपात)

• सर्वकम्: the whole (of it) / everything
• सर्वकम्: Karma/Avadhāraṇa (समस्तं—‘all of it’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सर्वक- (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + क प्रत्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (seer not individually specified for this single verse in many summaries; attributed to the hymn’s r̥ṣi in the Anukramaṇī).

Devata: Therapeutic efficacy of the mantra (bhaisajyadevatā); implicitly the Waters as agents of release.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (8+8+8+8, with Atharvanic flexibility)

Mantra Rasa

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