Mantra 14

Sukta 22

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

गन्धारिभ्यो मूजवद्भ्योऽङ्गेभ्यो मगधेभ्यः । प्रैष्यन् जनमिव शेवधिं तक्मानं परि दद्मसि

IAST Transliteration

gandhāríbhyo mū́javadbhyo’ṅgébhyo magadhébhyaḥ | praiṣyán jánam iva śevadhíṁ takmā́naṁ pári dadmasi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Unto the Gandhāris, unto the Mujavants, unto the Aṅgas, unto the Magadhas—sending him forth as one a man, as (one) a treasure-deposit—we deliver over the Fever round about (and away).

Word by Word

• गन्धारिभ्यः: from the Gandhāras
• गन्धारिभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धारि (प्रातिपदिक)

• मूजवत्भ्यः: from the Mūjavat people/region
• मूजवत्भ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: मूजवत् (प्रातिपदिक; मूज-देश/पर्वत-सम्बन्ध)

• अङ्गेभ्यः: from the Aṅgas
• अङ्गेभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• मगधेभ्यः: from the Magadhas
• मगधेभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: मगध (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रैष्यन्: sending forth / dispatching
• प्रैष्यन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: प्र-इष् (धातु; ‘प्रेषयति’ causative sense ‘to send forth/dispatch’)

• जनम्: the person/folk
• जनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: as, like
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• शेवधिम्: a treasure, precious deposit
• शेवधिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेवधि (प्रातिपदिक)

• तकम्ानम्: the fever (Takmān)
• तकम्ानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तकम्ान (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around; away (as a preverb with ‘to put/drive away’)
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: परि

• दद्मसि: we place/put; we drive away (lit. ‘we put around’)
• दद्मसि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु; ददाति)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Takman hymns; specific ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Takmán (Fever) as personified disease; secondarily the ‘directions/peoples’ as receivers

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV healing charms; this verse conforms in cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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