Mantra 10

Sukta 22

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यत् त्वं शीतोऽथो रूरः सह कासावेपयः । भीमास्ते तक्मन् हेतयस्ताभिः स्म परि वृङ्ग्धि नः

IAST Transliteration

yát tvaṁ śītó ’thó rūrā́ḥ sahá kā́sāvepayaḥ | bhīmā́s te takman hetáyas tā́bhiḥ sma pári vṛṅgdhi naḥ |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Since thou art chill, and again art burning, with cough and with shivering: dreadful, O Takman, are thy missiles—therewith, forsooth, turn them away on every side from us.

Word by Word

• यत्: that which / since
• यत्: सम्बन्ध/अन्वय-निर्देशक (relative marker)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्तृ (addressed subject: ‘you’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शीतः: cold
• शीतः: विशेषण (त्वम्-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शीत (प्रातिपदिक)

• अथो: and also
• अथो: समुच्चय/अन्वय (also, and then)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ + उ (निपात-समुच्चय)

• रूरः: painful, causing ache
• रूरः: विशेषण (त्वम्-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘रूर’ = रुज्/रोग-सम्बद्धः, ‘painful/aching’)

• सह: together with
• सह: सहचर्य/सम्बन्ध (with)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• कास: cough
• कास: समुच्चित-विषय (ailment named)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कास (प्रातिपदिक)

• वेपयः: tremblings, shiverings
• वेपयः: समुच्चित-विषय (ailments named)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेपि/वेप (प्रातिपदिक; ‘trembling, shivering’)

• भीमाः: terrible
• भीमाः: विशेषण (हेतयः-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीम (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive: of you/your)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्/युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तक्मन्: O fever
• तक्मन्: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तक्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• हेतयः: missiles, attacks
• हेतयः: कर्तृ (metaphorical agents: ‘missiles/attacks’ of fever)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेति (प्रातिपदिक)

• ताभिः: with those
• ताभिः: करण (instrument: with those)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्म: indeed
• स्म: निपात (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्म (निपात)

• परि: around / completely
• परि: क्रियाविशेषक (around, completely)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग)

• वृङ्ग्धि: tear away, wrench off
• वृङ्ग्धि: क्रिया (imperative action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृज्/वृञ्ज् (धातु; ‘to twist off, tear away, wrench’)

• नः: for us / from us
• नः: सम्प्रदान (for us / from us in prayer-context)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Takman hymn complex)

Devata: Takman (Fever) and its ‘hetis’ (attacks)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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