Mantra 82

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

राजयक्ष्मस्त्वा हनिष्यतीत्येनमाह

IAST Transliteration

rājayakṣmás tvā haniṣyátī́ti enam ā́ha

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

‘Royal Consumption will smite thee’: thus said he unto him.

Word by Word

• राजयक्ष्मः: (the disease) rājayakṣma / consumption
• राजयक्ष्मः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजयक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हनिष्यति: will strike/kill
• हनिष्यति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)

• इति: thus (quotative)
• इति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एनम्: him/this one
• एनम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आह: said
• आह: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्/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

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