Mantra 2

Sukta 23

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

किलासं च पलितं च निरितो नाशया पृषत्। आ त्वा स्वो विशतां वर्णः परा शुक्लानि पातय

IAST Transliteration

kilā́saṃ ca palitáṃ ca nír̥to nāśayā́ pṛ́ṣat | ā́ tvā svó viśatāṃ várṇaḥ párā śuklā́ni pātaya ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Both kilāsa and grayness, from Nirṛti do thou destroy, O Spotted One. Let thine own proper colour enter into thee; cast off afar the whitenesses.

Word by Word

• किलासम्: (the disease) leucoderma/white skin-spot
• किलासम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: किलास (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• पलितम्: grey/whitened (hair); hoariness
• पलितम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पलित (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• निरितः: Nirṛti (personified affliction/misfortune)
• निरितः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरिति (प्रातिपदिक; रोग/दोष-नाम)

• नाशय: destroy! drive away!
• नाशय: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु) / नाशयति

• पृषत्: the speckled one (spotted deer/antelope; here as an agent/charmer)
• पृषत्: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृषत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards; into
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• स्वः: one’s own (natural)
• स्वः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक; ‘स्व’ = own/one’s own)

• विशतात्: let (it) enter
• विशतात्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश् (धातु) / विशति

• वर्णः: color; complexion
• वर्णः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• परा: away; forth
• परा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परा (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• शुक्लानि: the white (spots/patches)
• शुक्लानि: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक)

• पातय: make fall; cast down; remove
• पातय: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु) / पातयति (णिच्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Bhaiṣajya/Apotropaic force; operative agent addressed as Pṛṣat; Nirṛti as the hostile locus to be overcome

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

Mantra Rasa

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