Mantra 5

Sukta 33

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऊरुभ्यां ते अष्ठीवद्भ्यां पार्ष्णिभ्यां प्रपदाभ्याम्। यक्ष्मं भसद्यं१ श्रोणिभ्यां भासदं भंससो वि वृहामि ते

IAST Transliteration

ūrúbhyā́m te aṣṭhīvádbhyā́m pārṣṇíbhyā́m prápadā́bhyām | yákṣmaṁ bhasadyàṁ śróṇibhyā́m bhā́sadaṁ bháṁsaso ví vṛhāmi te

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From thy thighs, from thy bony members, from thy heels, from thy fore-feet; the yakṣma, seated in the rump— from the hips, seated in the buttock-seat, from the buttocks—apart from thee I tear it out.

Word by Word

ऊरुभ्याम्from the thighs

तेof you / your

अष्ठीवद्भ्याम्from the bony ones (i.e., bony thighs)

पार्ष्णिभ्याम्from the heels

प्रपदाभ्याम्from the foreparts of the feet / from the forefeet

यक्ष्मम्the disease (yákṣma; wasting/consumption)

भसद्यम्the ailment ‘bhasadya’ (a specific disease)

श्रोणिभ्याम्from the hips

भासदम्the ailment ‘bhāsada’

भंससःof the buttocks / of the rump

विapart, asunder, away

वृहामिI tear out / I uproot

तेof you / your

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (yakṣma-bhaiṣajya cycle; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī traditions)

Devata: Yakṣma (as the affliction/demonic agent) and implicitly the healing power of Atharvanic speech

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV healing verses; this mantra conforms to the style though exact metrical scansion may be irregular)

Mantra Rasa

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