Atharva Veda 2.9.5: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 9, Mantra 5

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यश्च॒कार॒ स निष्क॑र॒त् स ए॒व सुभि॑षक्तमः । स ए॒व तुभ्यं॑ भेष॒जानि॑ कृ॒णव॑द् भि॒षजा॒ शुचिः॑

IAST Transliteration

yáś cakā́ra sá níṣkarat sá evá subhíṣaktamaḥ | sá evá túbhyaṃ bheṣajā́ni kṛṇávad bhiṣájā śúcíḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He who hath wrought (the cure), he hath brought it forth: he verily is the most excellent of physicians. He, even he, being pure, as a healer, shall for thee make ready the medicaments.

Translation

Celui qui a accompli (la guérison), c’est lui qui l’a fait surgir ; il est vraiment le plus excellent des médecins. Lui-même, pur, en guérisseur, préparera pour toi les remèdes.

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Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: कर्तृ (सम्बन्धवाचकः) / विशेष्यः
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• चकार: has done / did
• चकार: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• सः: he
• सः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• निष्करत्: drove out / removed
• निष्करत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: निष् + कृ (धातु)

• सः: he
• सः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: सम्बन्ध/निपात (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (निपात)

• सुभिषक्तमः: the best healer
• सुभिषक्तमः: कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
• Type: Noun (agent) / Adjective
• Root: सु- + भिषज् (प्रातिपदिक: भिषक्/भिषज् ‘वैद्य’)

• सः: he
• सः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्

• एव: indeed
• एव: निपात (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• भेषजानि: remedies, medicines
• भेषजानि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज (नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणवत्: made / prepared
• कृणवत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• भिषजा: as/with a healer (by the healer’s agency)
• भिषजा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिषज् (प्रातिपदिक: भिषज् ‘वैद्य’)

• शुचिः: pure, bright
• शुचिः: कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn-level attribution varies by Anukramaṇī; commonly treated as Atharvan/Angiras-type medical speech)

Devata: Bhaiṣajya / the archetypal Physician (often conceptually aligned with divine healing agency, e.g., Aśvins/Indra in broader Vedic healing idiom)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; verse is in the common Atharvanic anuṣṭubh cadence)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira