Mantra 3
Sukta 8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यस्य हेतोः प्रच्यवते यक्ष्मः कर्णत आस्यतः । सर्वं शीर्षण्यंऽ ते रोगं बहिर्निर्मन्त्रयामहे
IAST Transliteration
yásya hetóḥ prácyavate yákṣmaḥ karṇatá āsyatáḥ | sárvaṁ śīrṣáṇyaṁ te rógaṁ bahír nírmantrayāmahe
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
From what cause soever the yakṣma is set a-slipping forth—by ear or by mouth—all thy cranial disease forth, outward, do we conjure away.
Word by Word
यस्यof whom/whose
यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हेतोःof the cause; because of
हेतोः:
सम्बन्ध (cause: ‘because of’)
TypeNoun
Rootहेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रच्यवतेfalls away; is dislodged
प्रच्यवते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootच्यु (धातु) + प्र-
यक्ष्मःconsumption; wasting disease (yakṣma)
यक्ष्मः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
कर्णात्from the ear
कर्णात्:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootकर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
आस्यतःfrom the mouth
आस्यतः:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootआस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
सर्वम्all; the whole
सर्वम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
शीर्षण्यंhead-related; in the head
शीर्षण्यं:
कर्म (विशेषण-विशेष्यभाव)
TypeAdjective (used with रोगम्)
Rootशीर्षण्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘pertaining to the head’)
तेyour
ते:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
रोगम्disease
रोगम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरोग (प्रातिपदिक)
बहिःout; outside
बहिः:
अधिकारण (direction/goal as adverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootबहिः (अव्यय)
निःout; forth (as preverb)
निः:
(क्रियाविशेषण; मन्त्रयामहे इत्यस्य उपसर्गार्थः)
TypePreverb/Indeclinable
Rootनिः/निर् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
मन्त्रयामहेwe charm/adjure; we drive away by incantation
मन्त्रयामहे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootमन्त्रय् (धातु; denominative from मन्त्र) + आ-
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified in the provided excerpt)
Devata: Anti-yakṣma healing power; yakṣma as adversary
Chandas: Virāḍ-Anuṣṭubh (hymn metrical profile per input)
Mantra Rasa
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