Mantra 1

Sukta 127

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यक्ष्मनाशनम्। विद्रधस्य बलासस्य लोहितस्य वनस्पते । विसल्पकस्योषधे मोच्छिषः पिशितं चन

IAST Transliteration

yákṣma-nāśanam | vidradhásya balā́sasya lóhitasya vanaspate | visálpakasyóṣadhe mā́ ucchíṣaḥ piśitáṃ ca ná

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A charm for the slaying of Yakṣma. Of abscess, of balāsa-phlegm, of the red disorder, O Lord of the Forest—of visalpaka, O Herb—leave thou no remnant, no flesh at all.

Word by Word

• यक्ष्मनाशनम्: (that which is) a destroyer of consumption/disease (yakṣma)
• यक्ष्मनाशनम्: विशेषण/कर्म (स्तुत्य/उद्देश्य-रूपेण)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: यक्ष्म- + नाशन- (√नश् ‘नाशे’ से)

• विद्रधस्य: of/against abscess, boil
• विद्रधस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध: ‘of/against’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्रध- (प्रातिपदिक)

• बलासस्य: of/against phlegm, catarrh
• बलासस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलास- (प्रातिपदिक)

• लोहितस्य: of/against the ‘red’ (disease/condition); bloody/redness
• लोहितस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: लोहित- (प्रातिपदिक)

• वनस्पते: O lord of the forest (tree/plant)
• वनस्पते: सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: वनस्पति- (प्रातिपदिक)

• विसल्पकस्य: of/against visalpaka (a skin/eruption-type ailment)
• विसल्पकस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विसल्पक- (प्रातिपदिक; रोग-नाम)

• ओषधे: O herb, O medicinal plant
• ओषधे: सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: ओषधि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध)

• उच्छिषः: the remnant/leftover (disease/evil)
• उच्छिषः: कर्तृ (निषेध-वाक्ये कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्छिष्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘उच्छिष्ट/उच्छिष’ = अवशिष्ट/शेष)

• पिशितम्: flesh
• पिशितम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिशित- (प्रातिपदिक)

• चन: and not / nor (at all)
• चन: —
• Type: Indeclinable (particle cluster)
• Root: च + न (निपात-समुच्चय)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi not specified in the provided input; commonly anonymous in AV medical charms)

Devata: Oṣadhi/Vanaspati (medicinal plant as deity-like agent); secondarily the expulsion of Yakṣma and allied diseases

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (medical charms often show non-R̥gvedic regularity; exact meter requires full pada-count verification)

Mantra Rasa

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