Mantra 2
Sukta 44
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यो हरिमा जायान्योऽङ्गभेदो विसल्पकः । सर्वं ते यक्ष्ममङ्गेभ्यो बहिर्निर्हन्त्वाञ्जनम्
IAST Transliteration
yó harímā jāyā́nyo ’ṅgabhédo visálpakaḥ | sárvaṃ te yákṣmam áṅgebhyo bahír nír hantv ā́ñjanam
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
What yellowness, what jāyānya, what limb-rending pain, what visalpaka,—all thy wasting-disease from thy limbs, outward and forth, let Añjana smite away.
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हरिमाjaundice / yellowness (disease)
हरिमा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहरिमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
जायान्यः(a disease) belonging to/affecting the wife; ‘jāyānīya’
जायान्यः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootजायान्य (प्रातिपदिक)
अङ्गभेदःlimb-splitting pain; body-ache
अङ्गभेदः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्ग-भेद (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
विसल्पकःa wasting/consumptive ailment (visalpaka)
विसल्पकः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootविसल्पक (प्रातिपदिक)
सर्वम्all, the whole
सर्वम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you / your
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यक्ष्मम्disease; wasting sickness (yakṣma)
यक्ष्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
अङ्गेभ्यःfrom the limbs
अङ्गेभ्यः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
बहिःout, outside
बहिः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootबहिः (अव्यय)
निःout; forth (as preverb)
निः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनिः (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
हन्तुlet (it/he) strike/drive away
हन्तु:
(मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु)
आञ्जनम्collyrium; (here) the ‘āñjana’ remedy/charm
आञ्जनम्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootआञ्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Añjana (remedy) as agent; diseases as adversaries
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)
Mantra Rasa
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