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Mantra 9

Sukta 7

उन्मुञ्चन्तीर्विवरुणा उग्रा या विषदूषणीः । अथो बलासनाशनीः कृत्यादूषणीश्च यास्ता इहा यन्त्वोषधीः

unmuñcántīr vivaruṇā́ ugrā́ yā́ viṣadū́ṣaṇīḥ | átho balāsanā́śanīḥ kṛtyādū́ṣaṇīś ca yā́s tā́ ihá ā́ yantv óṣadhīḥ

Loosening, wide-unbinding, fierce are those Herbs that mar the poison; yea, those that slay balāsa, those that spoil the witchcraft: let those Herbs come hither unto this place.

उन्मुञ्चन्तीःreleasing, setting free
उन्मुञ्चन्तीः:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootउत्-√मुच् (मुच्) (प्रत्यय: शतृ/शतृ-स्त्री)
विवरुणाःopening apart, loosening (unbinding)
विवरुणाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-√वृ (वृणोति/वृणुते) → ‘विवरुण’ (कृदन्त/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
उग्राःfierce, powerful
उग्राः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
याःwhich (fem. pl.)
याः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विषदूषणीःpoison-destroyers / antidotes
विषदूषणीः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Agentive
Rootविष + √दूष् (दूषयति) → ‘दूषणी’ (कर्तरि-णिनि/णिनी)
अथोand also
अथो:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ + उ (निपात-संयोग)
बलासनाशनीःdestroyers of बलास (phlegm/disease)
बलासनाशनीः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Agentive
Rootबलास + √नश्/नाश् (नाशयति) → ‘नाशनी’ (कर्तरि-णिनी)
कृत्यादूषणीःdestroyers of kṛtyā (witchcraft/evil charm)
कृत्यादूषणीः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Agentive
Rootकृत्या + √दूष् (दूषयति) → ‘दूषणी’ (कर्तरि-णिनी)
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
याःwhich (fem. pl.)
याः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ताःthose (fem. pl.)
ताः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इहhere
इह:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
hither, towards (intensifier with motion)
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
यन्तुlet them come
यन्तु:
TypeVerb
Root√या (याति)
ओषधीःherbs, healing plants
ओषधीः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (oṣadhi-sūkta complex; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition)

Devata: Oṣadhayaḥ (Herbs), with implicit anti-poison and anti-kṛtyā powers

Chandas: Predominantly Anuṣṭubh (with Atharvanic cadence)

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