Mantra 1

Sukta 76

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

गण्डमालाचिकित्सा। आ सुस्रसः सुस्रसो असतीभ्यो असत्तराः । से होररसतरा लवणाद् विक्लेदीयसीः

IAST Transliteration

gaṇḍamālā-cikitsā | ā́ su-srásaḥ su-sráso ásatībhyo ásattarāḥ | sé horara-sattarāḥ laváṇād ví-kledīyasīḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Treatment for the neck-swellings: Break up, break up well; from those that are malign and ‘unreal’ become yet more as nothing. Yea, let them crumble the more; by salt let them be dried away, let their moisture fail.

Word by Word

• आ: towards; forth (prefix/particle)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• सुस्रसः: the well-flowing/oozing ones (i.e., well-suppurating swellings)
• सुस्रसः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: सुस्रस्- (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + स्रस्)

• सुस्रसः: the well-flowing ones
• सुस्रसः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: सुस्रस्- (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + स्रस्)

• असतीभ्यः: from the worse/inauspicious ones
• असतीभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: असत्- (प्रातिपदिक; न- + सत्)

• असत्तराः: more ‘non-being’/more harmful (than those)
• असत्तराः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (comparative)
• Root: असत्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• से: those (f.)
• से: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• होः: O! (vocative exclamation)
• होः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हो (सम्बोधन-निपात; वैदिक उद्गार)

• अरसतराः: more tasteless/less ‘juicy’ (i.e., less virulent)
• अरसतराः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (comparative)
• Root: अरस्- (प्रातिपदिक; अ- + रस)

• लवणात्: from salt; than salt
• लवणात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: लवण- (प्रातिपदिक)

• विक्लेदीयसीः: more moistening/causing more discharge (i.e., more suppurative)
• विक्लेदीयसीः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (comparative/superlative-type Vedic formation)
• Root: वि + क्लिद् (धातु) / विक्लेदिन्- (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution not supplied in input)

Devata: The disease entity (gaṇḍamālā) as addressed adversary; salt as auxiliary power

Chandas: Not securely determinable from input alone

Mantra Rasa

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