Mantra 5

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शल्याद्विषं निरवोचं प्राञ्जनादुत पर्णधेः । अपाष्ठाच्छृङ्गात्कुल्मलान्निरवोचमहं विषम्

IAST Transliteration

śalyā́d viṣáṃ nír avocaṃ prā́ñjanā́d utá parṇadhéḥ | apā́ṣṭhāc chṛṅgā́t kulmálān nír avocam aháṃ viṣám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From the barb I have spoken the poison forth; from the anointing, yea, and from the leaf-receptacle. From the shaft, from the horn, from the husk-enclosure, forth have I spoken the poison—I.

Word by Word

शल्यात्from the splinter/arrow-head (foreign body)

विषम्poison

निःout, away

अवोचम्I spoke/uttered (forth)

प्राञ्जनात्from the ointment/anointing (salve)

उतand also

पर्णधेःfrom the leaf-holder/leaf-receptacle (leafy container; i.e., from the leaf)

अपाष्ठात्from the (wooden) handle/shaft (lit. from the non-wood/wood-part; ‘from the haft’)

शृङ्गात्from the horn

कुल्मलात्from the sheath/husk/envelope

निःout, away

अवोचम्I spoke/uttered (forth)

अहम्I

विषम्poison

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer (traditionally Atharvan/Angiras-associated for viṣa-hymns; specific attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition).

Devata: Viṣa-nāśana (Poison-destroying power; the mantra’s operative force rather than a single anthropomorphic deity).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant cadence; pāda structure consistent with AV anuṣṭubh usage).

Mantra Rasa

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