Mantra 2

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

त्रायन्तामिमं पुरुषं यक्ष्माद् देवेषितादधि । यासां द्यौष्पिता पृथिवी माता समुद्रो मूलं वीरुधां बभूव

IAST Transliteration

trā́yantām imáṃ púruṣaṃ yákṣmād devéṣitā́d ádhi | yā́sāṃ dyáuḥ pitā́ pṛthivī́ mātā́ samudró mū́laṃ vīrúdhāṃ babhū́va ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let them protect this man from yakṣma, from the malady the Gods have sent. Of those whose father is the Sky, whose mother is the Earth, whose root and primal source the Ocean-waters have become.

Word by Word

• त्रायन्ताम्: let them protect
• त्रायन्ताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √त्रै (त्राणे)

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

• पुरुषम्: man/person
• पुरुषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• यक्ष्मात्: from disease/consumption
• यक्ष्मात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवेषितात्: impelled/sent by the gods
• देवेषितात्: Apādāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवेषित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; देव + √इष्/इष् ‘प्रेरणे’ → इषित ‘impelled’)

• अधि: over; upon; in addition
• अधि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि

• यासाम्: of which (of whom)
• यासाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• द्यौः: Heaven (Sky)
• द्यौः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)

• पिता: father
• पिता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृथिवी: Earth
• पृथिवी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• माता: mother
• माता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• समुद्रः: ocean
• समुद्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• मूलम्: root; base
• मूलम्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल (प्रातिपदिक)

• वीरुधाम्: of plants/herbs
• वीरुधाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरुध् (प्रातिपदिक)

• बभूव: became; has become
• बभूव: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भवति)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Oṣadhayaḥ/Vīrudhaḥ (Herbs/Plants) as saviors; disease entity: Yakṣma

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh-family; verify against metrical counts in critical editions.

Mantra Rasa

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