Mantra 3

Sukta 33

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

हृदयात् ते परि क्लोम्नो हलीक्ष्णात् पार्श्वाभ्याम्। यक्ष्मं मतस्नाभ्यां प्लीह्नो यक्नस्ते वि वृहामसि

IAST Transliteration

hṛ́dayāt te pári klómno halī́kṣṇāt pārśvā́bhyām | yakṣmáṃ mátasnādhyāṃ plī́hno yáknas te ví vṛhāmasi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From thy heart, away from thee; from the klóman, from the hālīkṣṇa, from either flank— The yakṣma from the lower trunk, from the spleen, from thy liver, forth do we tear it out.

Word by Word

हृदयात्from (your) heart

तेof you / your

परिaround; away from

क्लोम्नःfrom the kloman (lung/‘midriff’ organ)

हलीक्ष्णात्from the hālīkṣṇa (a bodily part; flank/side region)

पार्श्वाभ्याम्by/with the two sides (flanks)

यक्ष्मम्consumption; wasting disease (yakṣma)

मतस्नाभ्याम्by/with the two matasnā (two sinews/cords; bodily parts)

प्लीह्नःfrom the spleen

यक्नःfrom the liver

तेof you / your

विapart; asunder; out

वृहामसिwe tear out / uproot

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras healing lineages; specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on anukramaṇī)

Devata: Bhaiṣajya/Apotropaic force against Yakṣma (the disease itself as adversary; healing power of mantra)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant healing-meter; verse shows anuṣṭubh-like cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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