Mantra 14

Sukta 22

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

गन्धारिभ्यो मूजवद्भ्योऽङ्गेभ्यो मगधेभ्यः । प्रैष्यन् जनमिव शेवधिं तक्मानं परि दद्मसि

IAST Transliteration

gandhāríbhyo mū́javadbhyo’ṅgébhyo magadhébhyaḥ | praiṣyán jánam iva śevadhíṁ takmā́naṁ pári dadmasi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Unto the Gandhāris, unto the Mujavants, unto the Aṅgas, unto the Magadhas—sending him forth as one a man, as (one) a treasure-deposit—we deliver over the Fever round about (and away).

Translation

ગન્ધારીઓને, મૂજવંતોને, અંગોને, મગધોને—તેને માણસને મોકલતા હોય તેમ, ખજાનાની થાપણ સમાન મોકલીને—તકમાન (જ્વર) ને ચારે તરફથી દૂર હંકારીને અમે સોંપી દઈએ છીએ.

Word by Word

• गन्धारिभ्यः: from the Gandhāras
• गन्धारिभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धारि (प्रातिपदिक)

• मूजवत्भ्यः: from the Mūjavat people/region
• मूजवत्भ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: मूजवत् (प्रातिपदिक; मूज-देश/पर्वत-सम्बन्ध)

• अङ्गेभ्यः: from the Aṅgas
• अङ्गेभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• मगधेभ्यः: from the Magadhas
• मगधेभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: मगध (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रैष्यन्: sending forth / dispatching
• प्रैष्यन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: प्र-इष् (धातु; ‘प्रेषयति’ causative sense ‘to send forth/dispatch’)

• जनम्: the person/folk
• जनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: as, like
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• शेवधिम्: a treasure, precious deposit
• शेवधिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेवधि (प्रातिपदिक)

• तकम्ानम्: the fever (Takmān)
• तकम्ानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तकम्ान (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around; away (as a preverb with ‘to put/drive away’)
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: परि

• दद्मसि: we place/put; we drive away (lit. ‘we put around’)
• दद्मसि: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु; ददाति)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Takman hymns; specific ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Takmán (Fever) as personified disease; secondarily the ‘directions/peoples’ as receivers

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV healing charms; this verse conforms in cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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