Mantra 6

Sukta 22

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तक्मन् व्याऽल वि गद व्यऽङ्ग भूरि यावय । दासीं निष्टक्वरीमिछ तां वज्रेण समर्पय

IAST Transliteration

takmán vy-àla ví gada vy-àṅga bhū́ri yāvaya | dāsī́ṃ niṣṭakvarī́m íccha tā́ṃ vájreṇa sámarpaya

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Takmán, go apart; away with disease, away with limb-affliction—drive it off in full measure. Seek thou the wasting slave-woman; to her consign it with the thunderbolt.

Word by Word

• तक्ष्मन्: O Takman (fever-demon/fever)
• तक्ष्मन्: सम्बोधन (addressed entity)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तक्ष्मन्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘तक्ष्मन्’ = ज्वर/रोग-दैव) अथवा √तक्ष् (तक्षँ) से व्युत्पन्न नाम

• व्याल: O serpent/venomous creature
• व्याल: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याल- (प्रातिपदिक)

• विगत: O removed/banished one (disease)
• विगत: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + √गद् (गदँ/गद् ‘to speak/utter’; here as kṛdanta ‘gone away/removed’ in AV usage) / alternatively प्रातिपदिक ‘विगत’ = ‘departed, removed’

• व्यङ्ग: O blemish/affliction (disease)
• व्यङ्ग: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यङ्ग- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘deformed/blemished’; AV में रोग-विशेष/दोष)

• भूरि: much, greatly
• भूरि: क्रियाविशेषण (manner/intensity)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूरि (अव्यय/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• यावय: drive away!
• यावय: क्रिया (आज्ञा); कर्म = रोगादि (पूर्वोक्त सम्बोधित) को दूर करना
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यु (युजँ/यु ‘to separate, keep away’) → causative √यावय (यावयति) ‘to drive away’

• दासीम्: the female slave/servant-woman
• दासीम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दासी- (प्रातिपदिक)

• निष्टक्वरीम्: the Niṣṭakvarī (a named harmful female being/witch-like affliction)
• निष्टक्वरीम्: कर्म (दासीम् का विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्टक्वरी- (प्रातिपदिक; AV में रोग/दुष्ट-स्त्री/पिशाची-प्रकार का नाम)

• इच्छ: seek/aim at (her)!
• इच्छ: क्रिया (आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इष्/√इच्छ् (इषँ/इच्छ् ‘to desire, seek’)

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: कर्म (समर्पय की)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वज्रेण: with the thunderbolt/weapon
• वज्रेण: करण (instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र- (प्रातिपदिक)

• समर्पय: hand over/deliver (her) completely!
• समर्पय: क्रिया (आज्ञा); कर्म = ताम्
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √ऋ (अर्पयति; √अर्प्/√ऋ ‘to offer, hand over’) → causative ‘समर्पयति’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here)

Devata: Takmán (Fever) and associated disease-forces (gáda, vyàṅga)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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