Mantra 8

Sukta 31

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आयुष्मतामायुष्कृतां प्राणेन जीव मा मृथाः । व्य१हं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण समायुषा

IAST Transliteration

ā́yuṣmatām āyuṣkṛ́tāṃ prāṇéna jīva má mṛthāḥ | vy àháṃ sárveṇa pā́pmanā ví yákṣmeṇa samā́yuṣā ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With the breath of life, live thou—die not. I drive away, with all malignity, the wasting sickness, and (set thee) in possession of a full term of life, among the long-lived, among the life-establishers.

Word by Word

आयुष्मताम्of the long-lived / of those possessing lifespan

आयुष्कृताम्of the life-prolongers / of those who make (one’s) life

प्राणेनwith/through the vital breath

जीवlive!

माdo not

मृथाःdie (you should not die)

विapart, away

अहम्I

सर्वेणwith all, wholly

पाप्मनाwith evil / with sin / with malignity

विaway

यक्ष्मेणwith disease/consumption (yakṣma)

सम्together, completely

आयुषाwith lifespan / with life

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages for bhaiṣajya hymns; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī).

Devata: Prāṇa and Āyus (functional deities), with yakṣma as the adversarial disease-agent.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant healing-meter; cadence supports imperative commands).

Mantra Rasa

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