Mantra 16

Sukta 30

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इयमन्तर्वदति जिह्वा बद्धा पनिष्पदा। त्वया यक्ष्मं निरवोचं शतं रोपीश्च तक्मनः

IAST Transliteration

iyám antár vadati jihvā́ baddhā́ paṇí-padā́ | tváyā yakṣmáṃ nír avocaṃ śatáṃ ropī́ś ca tákmanáḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This (charm) speaks from within; the tongue is bound, moving with stealthy step. By thee have I spoken forth and expelled consumption, and a hundred creeping maladies, and fever.

Word by Word

इयम्this (she/this one)

अन्तःwithin, inside

वदतिspeaks

जिह्वाtongue

बद्धाbound, tied

पनिष्पदाwith a fetter/with a binding at the foot (by a shackle)

त्वयाby you, with you

यक्ष्मम्consumption/disease (yákṣma)

निरवोचम्I drove out/uttered away

शतम्a hundred

रोपीःdiseases/afflictions

चand

तकम्नःof fever (takmán)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Bhaiṣajya powers; implicitly the mantra/vāc; diseases personified (Yakṣma, Takman)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (edition-dependent)

Mantra Rasa

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