Mantra 1

Sukta 39

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कुष्ठनाशनम्। ऐतु देवस्त्रायमाणः कुष्ठो हिमवतस्परि । तक्मानं सर्वं नाशय सर्वाश्च यातुधान्यः

IAST Transliteration

áitu devás trā́yamāṇaḥ kúṣṭho himávatas pári | takmā́naṃ sárvaṃ nāśaya sárvāś ca yātudhā́nyaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let the god Kuṣṭha come, a saviour, from about the Himavat. Destroy every Takmán-fever, and all the Yātudhānī demonesses.

Word by Word

• ऐतु: let (him/it) come
• ऐतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्रायमाणः: protecting, saving
• त्रायमाणः: कर्तृ (देवस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: त्रा (धातु)

• कुष्ठः: Kuṣṭha (the healing herb; also ‘leprosy’ by later usage)
• कुष्ठः: कर्तृ (ऐतु इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• हिमवतस्: from the Himavant (Himalaya)
• हिमवतस्: अपादान
• Type: Noun/Adjective (used as noun)
• Root: हिमवत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: from around; forth from
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि

• तक्ष्मानम्: fever (Takṣman)
• तक्ष्मानम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: तक्ष्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वम्: entire, all
• सर्वम्: कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• नाशय: destroy! drive away!
• नाशय: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश्/नाशय (णिजन्त-धातु: नश् → नाशयति)

• सर्वाः: all (of them)
• सर्वाः: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यातुधान्यः: witches, sorceresses (yātudhānīs)
• यातुधान्यः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातुधानी (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages for oṣadhi-sūktas; specific r̥ṣi attribution requires pada-anukramaṇī confirmation).

Devata: Kuṣṭha (oṣadhi as devatā); secondarily Takmán (as adversary) and Yātudhānīs (as adversaries).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV healing charms; to be metrically verified per pāda).

Mantra Rasa

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