Mantra 3

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

बभ्रोरर्जुनकाण्डस्य यवस्य ते पलाल्या तिलस्य तिलपिञ्ज्या। वीरुत् क्षेत्रियनाशन्यप क्षेत्रियमुच्छतु

IAST Transliteration

babhrór árjunakāṇḍasya yávasyá te palā́lyā tilásya tilapiñjyā́ | vīrút kṣetriyanā́śany ápá kṣetriyám ucchatu ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With babhru, with Arjuna’s stalk, with barley for thee; with chaff, with sesame, with sesame-paste—let Virut, the kṣetriya-destroyer, thrust the kṣetriya away.

Word by Word

• बभ्रोः: of the brown (plant/substance)
• बभ्रोः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बभ्रु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्जुनकाण्डस्य: of the arjuna-stalk (arjuna plant’s stem)
• अर्जुनकाण्डस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुनकाण्ड- (प्रातिपदिक)

• यवस्य: of barley
• यवस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यव- (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you/thy
• ते: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पलाल्या: with chaff (straw)
• पलाल्या: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पलालि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• तिलस्य: of sesame
• तिलस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिल- (प्रातिपदिक)

• तिलपिञ्ज्या: with sesame-husk/with the sesame-mixture (sesame refuse)
• तिलपिञ्ज्या: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिलपिञ्जी- (प्रातिपदिक; तिल + पिञ्जी)

• वीरुत्: the herb/plant
• वीरुत्: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरुध्/वीरुत्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षेत्रियनाशनी: destroyer of ‘kṣetriya’ disease
• क्षेत्रियनाशनी: कर्तृ (वीरुतः विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (used as noun epithet)
• Root: क्षेत्रियनाशनी- (प्रातिपदिक; क्षेत्रिय + नाशनी)

• अप: away, off
• अप: उपसर्ग/दिशा-निर्देश (वियोग/अपगम-अर्थः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)

• क्षेत्रियम्: the kṣetriya (a disease/affliction)
• क्षेत्रियम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्रिय- (प्रातिपदिक)

• उच्छतु: let it drive out / remove
• उच्छतु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: छद्/छिद् (धातु; वैदिक प्रयोगः—उद् + √छद्/छिद्, ‘उच्छ-’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi attribution for AVŚ 2.8 varies by anukramaṇī; commonly treated as Atharvan/Angiras-type healing seers).

Devata: Vīrut (as plant-deity/plant-power) and the medicinal substances; the target is kṣetriya as disease-demon.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant AV healing meter; this verse is in the common 8+8 cadence with a caesura).

Mantra Rasa

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