Mantra 3

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मुञ्च शीर्षक्त्या उत कास एनं परुष्परुराविवेशा यो अस्य । यो अभ्रजा वातजा यश्च शुष्मो वनस्पतीन्त्सचतां पर्वतांश्च

IAST Transliteration

muñcá śīrṣaktyā́ utá kāsá enaṃ párūṣparuḥ āvivéśa yó asyá | yó abhrájā́ vātájā́ yáś ca śúṣmo vanaspátīn sacatā́m párvatāṃś ca

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Loose him from headache; yea, and from cough—him whom the rending limb-pain hath entered and possessed. What is cloud-begotten, what is wind-begotten, and what fierce surge of malady—let the Forest-Lords (the plants) attend, and the Mountains also.

Word by Word

मुञ्चrelease; set free

शीर्षक्त्याःfrom the head-disease/affliction (śīrṣaktī)

उतand; also

कासःcough

एनम्him; this person

परुष्परुः(a disease/agent) Paruṣparu

आविवेशhas entered; has penetrated

यःwho; which

अस्यof him; his

यःwho

अभ्रजाःcloud-born; arising from clouds

वातजाःwind-born; arising from wind

यःwho

चand

शुष्मःfury; violent force (here: a violent ailment/attack)

वनस्पतीन्plants; lords of the forest (medicinal herbs/trees)

सचताम्let them accompany/attach (themselves); let them join

पर्वतान्mountains

चand

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (ascribed at hymn-level in the Anukramaṇī; to be specified by consulting the AVŚ anukramaṇī for 1.12).

Devata: Bhaiṣajya/vanaspati powers; implicitly the expelling force against kāsa, śīrṣa-śakti, and parūṣparu.

Chandas: Predominantly Anuṣṭubh-type cadence (to be verified against pada-count in the school’s metrical analysis).

Mantra Rasa

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