Mantra 13

Sukta 22

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तृतीयकं वितृतीयं सदन्दिमुत शारदम्। तक्मानं शीतं रूरं ग्रैष्मं नाशय वार्षिकम्

IAST Transliteration

tṛtī́yakaṁ vitṛtīyáṁ sadandím utá śāradám | takmā́naṁ śītáṁ rūrám graiṣmáṁ nāśaya vārṣíkam |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The tertian, the varied-tertian, the settled and the autumnal—fever, the chill and the burning, the summer and the rainy—destroy thou.

Translation

तृतीयक, वितृतीय, जड़ (सदन्दि) और शारद—तथा तक्मान (ज्वर) के शीत, रूअर (दाहकारी) रूप, ग्रीष्म और वार्षिक—इन सबको तू नष्ट कर।

Word by Word

• तृतीयकम्: the tertian (fever recurring every third day)
• तृतीयकम्: कर्म (नाशय का)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: तृतीयक (प्रातिपदिक; तृतीय ‘third’ से) अथवा तृतीयक- (विशेषण/संज्ञा)

• वितृतीयम्: the irregular/variant tertian (fever)
• वितृतीयम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: वि-तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक; वि- उपसर्ग + तृतीय ‘third’) / वितृतीय-

• सदन्दिम्: the ‘sadandí’ fever (a named type of fever)
• सदन्दिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदन्दि (प्रातिपदिक; ज्वर-भेद का नाम)

• उत: and; also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• शारदम्: the autumnal (fever)
• शारदम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: शारद (प्रातिपदिक; शरद्-सम्बन्धी)

• तकम्ानम्: fever (takman)
• तकम्ानम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: तकम्ान (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ज्वर’)

• शीतम्: the cold (fever)
• शीतम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: शीत (प्रातिपदिक; √शी ‘to cool’ से)

• रूरम्: the ‘rūr’ (a harsh/painful fever)
• रूरम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective/Noun (fever-epithet)
• Root: रूर (प्रातिपदिक; ज्वर-विशेष/‘rūr’)

• ग्रैष्मम्: the summer (fever)
• ग्रैष्मम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: ग्रैष्म (प्रातिपदिक; ग्रीष्म-सम्बन्धी)

• नाशय: destroy! drive away!
• नाशय: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नश् (नाशयति; causative of √नश्/नश् ‘to perish’)

• वार्षिकम्: the rainy-season/annual (fever)
• वार्षिकम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: वार्षिक (प्रातिपदिक; वर्ष-सम्बन्धी)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Takman (Fever) in its periodic and seasonal forms

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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