Mantra 1

Sukta 74

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

गण्डमालाचिकित्सा। अपचितां लोहिनीनां कृष्णा मातेति शुश्रुम । मुनेर्देवस्य मूलेन सर्वा विध्यामि ता अहम्

IAST Transliteration

apacitā́ṃ lóhinīnām kṛ́ṣṇā mātéti śuśrúma | munér devásya mū́lena sárvā vidhyāmi tā́ ahám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Of the red swellings, men say, ‘Black is the mother’: so have we heard. With the root of the divine Sage I cleave them all asunder, even those swellings.

Word by Word

• अपचिताम्: of the अपचिति (glandular swelling/‘apacī’ disease) [cases]
• अपचिताम्: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation) / विशेष्य-सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपचिति- (प्रातिपदिक) < अप-√चि (चिनोति) / अथवा अप-√चि (चयने) से भाव/अवस्था-वाचक

• लोहिनीनााम्: of the ‘red’ (lोहिनी) [ones/lesions]
• लोहिनीनााम्: सम्बन्ध (genitival) — ‘अपचिताम्’ का विशेषण/सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun/Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: लोहिनी- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘लोहित’ से)

• कृष्णा: Kṛṣṇā (the ‘black’ one; a plant/medicine-name)
• कृष्णा: कर्तृ (of ‘शुश्रुम’) / उक्त-विषय
• Type: Adjective (used as noun/name)
• Root: कृष्ण- (प्रातिपदिक)

• माता: mother
• माता: कर्तृ (of implied ‘अस्ति’ in quotation) / नाम-विशेषण
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• इति: thus
• इति: वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरण-चिह्न
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• शुश्रुम: we have heard
• शुश्रुम: क्रिया (मुख्य) — ‘we have heard’
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (श्रवणे)

• मुनेः: of the sage
• मुनेः: सम्बन्ध (genitival) — ‘देवस्य’ के साथ समासार्थ/सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवस्य: of the god/divine one
• देवस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitival)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव- (प्रातिपदिक)

• मूलेन: with/by the root
• मूलेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वाः: all (of them)
• सर्वाः: कर्म (of ‘विध्यामि’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सर्व- (प्रातिपदिक)

• विध्यामि: I pierce/strike (i.e., destroy/remove)
• विध्यामि: क्रिया (मुख्य)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √व्यध् (विधने/वेधने; ‘to pierce, strike’)

• ताः: those (them)
• ताः: कर्म (coreferential with ‘सर्वाः’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: कर्तृ (of ‘विध्यामि’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic healer tradition (specific r̥ṣi not given in supplied excerpt).

Devata: Medicinal root / Kṛṣṇā (as plant-power) / healing efficacy personified.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; two 8-syllable pādas per half-verse in typical AV style).

Mantra Rasa

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