Mantra 11

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ गृह्णीतं सं बृहतं प्रानापानान् न्यर्बुदे । निवाशा घोषाः सं यन्त्वमित्रेषु समीक्षयन् रदिते अर्बुदे तव

IAST Transliteration

ā́ gṛhṇītaṃ sáṃ bṛhataṃ prāṇāpānā́n ny àrbude | nivāśā́ ghóṣāḥ sáṃ yantv amítreṣu samīkṣáyan radité arbúde táva ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Seize ye, press ye wholly down the in-breath and out-breath—O Arbuda. Let abodes and clamours gather and move upon the enemies, as they look about—O Raditā, O Arbuda—under thy power.

Word by Word

आtowards; hither (preverb)

गृह्णीतम्you two should seize/hold

सम्together; completely (preverb)

बृहतम्the two great (ones/things)

प्राणापानान्the in-breaths and out-breaths (vital airs)

निdown; into (preverb)

अर्बुदेin/into the arbuda (tumor/swelling; Arbuda as a named affliction)

निवाशाःsettlements; lodgings; ‘resting-places’

घोषाःcries; sounds; proclamations

सम्together (preverb)

यन्तुlet them go/come; let them proceed

अमित्रेषुamong/against the foes

समीक्षयन्observing; looking at

रदितेin/into the radita (a named ailment; ‘gnawing/tooth-ache’ sense)

अर्बुदेin/into the arbuda (tumor/swelling)

तवof you; your

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here).

Devata: Raditā and Arbuda; also the vital airs as the manipulated target.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

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