Atharva Veda 11.3.82: Kanda 11, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 82
Sukta 3
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
रा॒ज॒य॒क्ष्मस्त्वा॑ हनिष्य॒तीत्ये॑नमाह
IAST Transliteration
rājayakṣmás tvā haniṣyátī́ti enam ā́ha
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
‘Royal Consumption will smite thee’: thus said he unto him.
Translation
उसने कहा, अब राजा रोग तुम्हे पकड़ेगा। यह बिमारी तुम्हारे पास आएगी, तुम्हे छोड़ेगी नहीं।
Word by Word
राजयक्ष्मः(the disease) rājayakṣma / consumption
राजयक्ष्मः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootराजयक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
त्वाyou (as object)
त्वा:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हनिष्यतिwill strike/kill
हनिष्यति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु)
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
एनम्him/this one
एनम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आहsaid
आह:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअह्/आह् (धातु; ‘to say’)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic narrative voice (variable).
Devata: Rājayakṣma (as personified disease) as the named adversary.
Chandas: Prose-like (gadyā).
Mantra Rasa
Primary: raudra
Secondary: bhayankara
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