Mantra 5

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वरणो वारयाता अयं देवो वनस्पतिः । यक्ष्मो यो अस्मिन्नाविष्टस्तमु देवा अवीवरन्

IAST Transliteration

váruṇo vārayātā ayáṃ devó vanaspátiḥ | yákṣmo yó asmín āvíṣṭas tám u devā́ avīvaran ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let Varuṇa ward it off—this divine lord of the forest. The wasting sickness which hath entered into this man, that verily the Gods have driven away.

Word by Word

• वरणः: Varuṇa (the deity)
• वरणः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरण (प्रातिपदिक)

• वारयाता: has warded off / has repelled
• वारयाता: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √वृ (वारणे) → वारय (णिच्) + आत (कृत्)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवः: god, divine one
• देवः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• वनस्पतिः: lord of the forest; (healing) plant/tree
• वनस्पतिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• यक्ष्मः: consumption/disease (yakṣma)
• यक्ष्मः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: which/who
• यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मिन्: in this (person/thing)
• अस्मिन्: अधिकरण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अयम्/इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आविष्टः: entered, possessed, having invaded
• आविष्टः: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: आ-√विश् (प्रवेशने) + क्त

• तम्: him/that (disease)
• तम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवीवरन्: they drove away/repelled
• अवीवरन्: क्रिया (कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः: देवाः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (वारणे) → वारय (णिच्) ; अ- (लुङ्) + वीवरन्

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Āṅgirasa tradition (protective-healing hymn attribution varies).

Devata: Varuṇa; Vanaspati (divine plant) as secondary devatā; collective Devāḥ in expulsion.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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