Mantra 12
Sukta 22
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तक्मन् भ्रात्रा बलासेन स्वस्रा कासिकया सह। पाप्मा भ्रातृव्येण सह गछामुमरणं जनम्
IAST Transliteration
takman bhrā́trā balā́sena svásrā kā́sikayā sahá | pāpmā́ bhrā́tṛvyena sahá gácchā́mum áraṇaṁ jánam |
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
O Takman, with thy brother Balāsa, with thy sister Cough together; with evil, with the rival together—go thou unto yonder alien folk.
Word by Word
तक्मन्O fever
तक्मन्:
सम्बोधन (addressed entity)
TypeNoun
Rootतक्मन्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘takman’ = ज्वर/fever)
भ्रात्राwith (your) brother
भ्रात्रा:
सह/साकं-योगे (associative/instrumental: ‘with’)
TypeNoun
Rootभ्रातृ- (प्रातिपदिक)
बलासेनwith balāsa (a disease, phlegm/consumption)
बलासेन:
सह/साकं-योगे (associative/instrumental: ‘with’)
TypeNoun
Rootबलास- (प्रातिपदिक; phlegm/consumption-type ailment)
स्वस्राwith (your) sister
स्वस्रा:
सह/साकं-योगे (associative/instrumental: ‘with’)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वसृ- (प्रातिपदिक)
कासिकयाwith the cough-disease (kāsikā)
कासिकया:
सह/साकं-योगे (associative/instrumental: ‘with’)
TypeNoun
Rootकासिका- (प्रातिपदिक; from कास ‘cough’)
सहtogether with
सह:
सह-योग (marks association)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
पाप्माthe evil/affliction
पाप्मा:
समुच्चित-कर्ता (co-agent with addressed takman; ‘and the evil/affliction’)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप्मन्- (प्रातिपदिक; evil/affliction)
भ्रातृव्येणwith the rival (hostile kinsman)
भ्रातृव्येण:
सह/साकं-योगे (associative/instrumental: ‘with’)
TypeNoun
Rootभ्रातृव्य- (प्रातिपदिक; rival/hostile kinsman)
सहtogether with
सह:
सह-योग (association)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
गच्छgo!
गच्छ:
क्रिया (imperative addressed to takman)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
अमुम्to that (yonder)
अमुम्:
कर्म (object of ‘go’ in the sense ‘go to that…’)
TypePronoun
Rootअदस्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मरणम्death
मरणम्:
कर्म/गति-लक्ष्य (goal: ‘to death’)
TypeNoun
Rootमरण- (प्रातिपदिक; death)
जनम्people; a person/folk
जनम्:
कर्म/गति-लक्ष्य (goal: ‘to the people’ i.e., yonder folk)
TypeNoun
Rootजन- (प्रातिपदिक; people/folk)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Takman (Fever) with Balāsa and Kāsa; also Pāpmán (evil)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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