Mantra 20

Sukta 96

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आन्त्रेभ्यस्ते गुदाभ्यो वनिष्ठोरुदरादधि । यक्ष्मं कुक्षिभ्यां प्लाशेर्नाभ्या वि वृहामि ते

IAST Transliteration

āntrébhyás te gudā́bhyo vaniṣṭhóru-darád ádhi | yákṣmaṁ kukṣí-bhyā́m plāśér nā́bhyā́ ví vṛhāmi te

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From thine intestines, from thy fundament, from the groin, from the belly—therefrom; from the flanks, from the bladder, from the navel, the Yákṣma do I rend away from thee.

Word by Word

• आन्त्रेभ्यः: from the intestines
• आन्त्रेभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: आन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘आन्त्र’ = आन्त्रम् ‘आँत/अन्त्र’)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गुदाभ्यः: from the anus/rectum
• गुदाभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुद (प्रातिपदिक)

• वनिष्ठोः: from the groin/loins
• वनिष्ठोः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनिष्ठु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘groin/loins’)

• उरुदरात्: from the belly/abdomen
• उरुदरात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: उरुदर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘broad-bellied’ → belly/abdomen)

• अधि: upon; from over (as a preverb/adverb)
• अधि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि

• यक्ष्मम्: disease/consumption (yakṣma)
• यक्ष्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• कुक्षिभ्याम्: from the two flanks/sides (of the belly)
• कुक्षिभ्याम्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्लाशेः: from the flank/side
• प्लाशेः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्लाशि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘side/flank’ in AV usage)

• नाभ्याः: from the navel
• नाभ्याः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाभि (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart; away (preverb)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि

• वृहामि: I tear out / uproot
• वृहामि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृह् (वृहँ—उच्छेदने/उन्मूलने ‘to tear out, uproot’)

• ते: for you / from you (dative: for you)
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Kāśyapa (as implied by the series; see v. 23 explicitly)

Devata: Yákṣma (personified disease) as the target; healing power of the Atharvanic word

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (catalogue-style healing verse)

Mantra Rasa

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