Mantra 22

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदग्नौ सूर्ये विषं पृथिव्यामोषधीषु यत्। कान्दाविषं कनक्नकं निरैत्वैतु ते विषम्

IAST Transliteration

yád agnáu sū́rye víṣaṃ pṛthivyā́m óṣadhīṣu yát | kā́ndāvíṣaṃ kanáknakaṃ nír etv étu te víṣam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What poison is in fire, in sun, what poison is in earth, in herbs—stalk-poison, the biting bane—forth let it go, yea, let thy poison go forth.

Word by Word

यत्whatever / that which

अग्नौin fire

सूर्येin the sun

विषम्poison

पृथिव्याम्on/in the earth

ओषधीषुin the herbs/plants

यत्whatever (poison)

काण्डाविषम्stalk/plant-poison (poison in the stalks)

कनक्नकम्kanaknāka (a named poison/venom; toxic entity)

निर्out, away

एतुlet it go

आhither/fully (as a preverb)

एतुlet it go/come (move)

तेof you / your

विषम्poison

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (consult anukramaṇī).

Devata: Anti-poison expulsion; cosmic purifiers (Agni, Sūrya) and Oṣadhis as implicated domains.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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