Mantra 3

Sukta 136

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यस्ते केशोऽवपद्यते समूलो यश्च वृश्चते । इदं तं विश्वभेषज्याभि षिञ्चामि वीरुधा

IAST Transliteration

yás te kéśo ’vapádyate samū́lo yáś ca vṛ́ścate | idáṃ táṃ viśvábheṣajyā́bhí ṣiñcāmi vīrúdhā́ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What hair of thine falls away, torn out with the root, and what is shorn off—this very mischief I besprinkle with the all-healing remedy, with the potent plant.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: to you / your
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• केशः: hair (lock)
• केशः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: केश (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवपद्यते: falls off / drops down
• अवपद्यते: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पद् (गत्यर्थः) + अव (उपसर्ग) ; आत्मनेपदम्

• समूलः: together with the root (root and all)
• समूलः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समूल (प्रातिपदिक; सम्- + मूल)

• यः: and who (he)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• वृश्चते: is cut / gets cut off
• वृश्चते: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृश्च् (छेदने) ; आत्मनेपदम्

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तम्: that (him/it)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वभेषज्याभिः: with universal remedies
• विश्वभेषज्याभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वभेषज्या (प्रातिपदिक; विश्व- + भेषज्यā ‘universal healing/remedy’)

• अभि: upon, over
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• सिञ्चामि: I sprinkle / I pour
• सिञ्चामि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सिच् (सिञ्चने) परस्मैपदम्

• वीरुधा: with an herb / by means of a plant
• वीरुधा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरुध् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘herb/plant’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often treated as anonymous/Angiras-type in AV medical hymns; requires edition-specific assignment)

Devata: Vīrúdh / Viśvabheṣajya (the medicinal plant as agent)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; to be confirmed against pada-count in the edition)

Mantra Rasa

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