Mantra 2

Sukta 127

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यौ ते बलास तिष्ठतः कक्षे मुष्कावपश्रितौ । वेदाहं तस्य भेषजं चीपुद्रुरभिचक्षणम्

IAST Transliteration

yaú te balāsa tíṣṭhataḥ kákṣe muṣkáu apāśritáu | védāháṃ tásya bheṣajáṃ cīpúdrur abhícakṣaṇam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Those two of thine, O Balāsa, that stand fast—lodged in the armpit, clinging to the testicles—I know the remedy thereof: Cīpudru, of manifest and searching virtue.

Word by Word

• यौ: which two (those two)
• यौ: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → यौ (प्रथमा/द्विवचन)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम) → ते (षष्ठी/एकवचन)

• बलासौ: the two ‘balāsa’ ailments (diseases)
• बलासौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलास (प्रातिपदिक; रोग-नाम)

• तिष्ठतः: standing, being lodged
• तिष्ठतः: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participial form)
• Root: स्था (धातु) → तिष्ठत् (वर्तमाने कृदन्त) → तिष्ठतः

• कक्षे: in the armpit/side (region)
• कक्षे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• मुष्कौ: the two testicles
• मुष्कौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुष्क (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपश्रितौ: resting on, attached (to)
• अपश्रितौ: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (past participle)
• Root: अप-श्रि (धातु) → अपश्रित (भूतकृदन्त)

• वेद: knows
• वेद: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• तस्य: of that (of it)
• तस्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• भेषजम्: remedy, medicine
• भेषजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज (प्रातिपदिक)

• चीपुद्रुर्: (the herb) cīpudru
• चीपुद्रुर्: Kartā
• Type: Noun (plant name)
• Root: चीपुद्रु (प्रातिपदिक; औषधि/वनस्पति-नाम)

• अभिचक्षणम्: a counteracting/overseeing (charm/means)
• अभिचक्षणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अभि-चक्ष् (धातु) → अभिचक्षण (कृदन्त/नाम)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in input)

Devata: Bheṣaja/Oṣadhi (cīpudru) and the expulsion of Balāsa

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh-type cadence, but requires full syllable audit

Mantra Rasa

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