Mantra 7
Sukta 22
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तक्मन् मूजवतो गच्छ बल्हिकान् वा परस्तराम्। शूद्रामिच्छ प्रफर्व्यं१ तां तक्मन् वीऽव धूनुहि
IAST Transliteration
takmán mū́javato gaccha balhíkān vā parastarā́m | śūdrā́m íccha praphárvyaṃ tā́ṃ takmán vī̀va dhūnuhi
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
O Takmán, go to the Mujavants, or to the Bālhikas yet farther beyond. Seek thou the Śūdra woman, swollen of limb; her, O Takmán, shake upon—away from us.
Word by Word
तक्मन्O fever
तक्मन्:
— (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun (address)
Rootतक्मन्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ज्वर’)
मूजवतःfrom Mujavat
मूजवतः:
Apādāna (निर्गमन-स्थान; ‘from’)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमूजवत्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मूजवत्-देश/पर्वत’)
गच्छgo
गच्छ:
—
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
बल्हिकान्to the Bahlīkas
बल्हिकान्:
Karma (गमनस्य लक्ष्यः)
TypeNoun
Rootबल्हिक- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘बल्हिक-जन/देश’)
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (निपात)
परस्तराम्to Parastara (a far region)
परस्तराम्:
Karma (गमनस्य लक्ष्यः)
TypeNoun (place-name) / Adjective used substantively
Rootपरस्तर- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘परस्तर-देश/प्रदेश’)
शूद्राम्a Śūdra woman
शूद्राम्:
Karma (इच्छ्-क्रियायाः विषयः)
TypeNoun
Rootशूद्रा- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘शूद्री/शूद्र-स्त्री’)
इच्छseek / desire
इच्छ:
—
TypeVerb
Rootइष्/इच्छ्
प्रफर्व्यम्the wasting ailment / consumptive weakness
प्रफर्व्यम्:
Karma (इच्छ्-क्रियायाः विषयः)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootप्र-फर्व्य- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘प्रफर्व्य’ = रोग-विशेष/दुर्बलता-विशेष; ‘wasting/consumptive ailment’)
ताम्that (her/it)
ताम्:
Karma (धूनुहि-क्रियायाः विषयः)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
तक्मन्O fever
तक्मन्:
— (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun (address)
Rootतक्मन्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ज्वर’)
वीवaway, off
वीव:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb cluster)
Rootवि + अव (उपसर्ग-समुच्चय; ‘apart, away’)
धूनुहिshake (it) off / drive away
धूनुहि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootधू (धूनु) ‘to shake off’
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here)
Devata: Takmán (Fever)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
Mantra Rasa
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