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

जिसने यह इलाज किया है, उसने यह दवा निकाली है। वो सबसे बड़ा डॉक्टर है। वो बिल्कुल साफ दिल से तुम्हारे लिए दवाइयाँ तैयार करेगा।

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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