Mantra 17

Sukta 96

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अक्षीभ्यां ते नासिकाभ्यां कर्णाभ्यां छुबुकादधि । यक्ष्मं शीर्षण्यं मस्तिष्काज्जिह्वाया वि वृहामि ते

IAST Transliteration

akṣī́bhyāṃ te nā́sikābhyāṃ kárṇābhyāṃ chúbukād ádhi | yákṣmaṃ śīrṣaṇyàṃ mastíṣkāj jihvā́yā ví vṛhāmi te

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From thine eyes, from thy nostrils, from thine ears, from thy chin—yakṣma, head-seated, from the brain, from the tongue, I tear it forth from thee.

Translation

तेरी आँखों से, तेरी नासिकाओं से, तेरे कानों से, तेरी ठुड्डी से—शीर्ष में स्थित यक्ष्म को, मस्तिष्क से, जिह्वा से—मैं तेरे भीतर से उखाड़कर निकाल देता हूँ।

Word by Word

अक्षीभ्याम्from (the) two eyes

तेof you / your

नासिकाभ्याम्from (the) two nostrils

कर्णाभ्याम्from (the) two ears

छुबुकात्from the chin

अधिfrom; over; upon

यक्ष्मम्disease (yákṣma; wasting illness)

शीर्षण्यम्located in the head / head-affecting

मस्तिष्कात्from the brain

जिह्वायाःfrom the tongue

विapart; away (intensifying separation)

वृहामिI tear out / uproot

तेof you / your

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic healer-seer tradition (variable attribution).

Devata: Yakṣma (as the targeted disease-demon) / healing power of the Atharvan word.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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