Mantra 3
Sukta 36
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
ये यक्ष्मासो अर्भका महान्तो ये च शब्दिनः । सर्वान् दुर्णामहा मणिः शतवारो अनीनशत्
IAST Transliteration
yé yákṣmāso arbhakā́ mahā́nto yé ca śabdínaḥ | sárvān durṇā́m-hā́ maṇíḥ śatá-vāro anīnaśat
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
The consumptions, be they small or great, and those that are clamorous with sound—of all these the hundredfold Amulet, the slayer of ill-name, hath driven them away.
Word by Word
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
यक्ष्मासःdiseases/consumptions (yakṣma)
यक्ष्मासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष्म (prātipadika)
अर्भकाःsmall, minor (ones)
अर्भकाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootअर्भक (prātipadika)
महान्तःgreat, severe (ones)
महान्तः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootमहत् (prātipadika)
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (nipāta)
शब्दिनःnoisy, sounding (ones)
शब्दिनः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootशब्दिन् (prātipadika; from शब्द + -इन्)
सर्वान्all
सर्वान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (sarvanāma-like)
Rootसर्व (prātipadika)
दुर्णामill-name, evil-named (evil affliction)
दुर्णाम:
Karma (as apposition/epithet to ‘all’ diseases)
TypeNoun (collective/abstract; used as epithet)
Rootदुर्नामन् (prātipadika; दुḥ + नामन्)
अहाhas smitten/has slain
अहा:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअहन् (dhātu: हन् ‘to strike/kill’) + लिट् (perfect) 3rd sg.
मणिःthe amulet/gem
मणिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमणि (prātipadika)
शतवारःhundredfold / a hundred times (effective)
शतवारः:
Kartā (as qualifier of मणिः)
TypeAdjective
Rootशत-वार (prātipadika; tatpuruṣa ‘hundred-times’)
अनीनशत्has caused to perish; has destroyed
अनीनशत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootनश् (dhātu: नश् ‘to perish/be destroyed’) with reduplication; causative/strengthened aorist-like finite form
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Maṇi (Śatvāra, Durṇāmahā)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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