Mantra 3

Sukta 20

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अयं यो अभिशोचयिष्णुर्विश्वा रूपाणि हरिता कृणोषि । तस्मै तेऽरुणाय बभ्रवे नमः कृणोमि वन्याय तक्मने

IAST Transliteration

ayáṃ yó abhíśocayiṣṇúr víśvā rūpā́ṇi háritā kṛṇóṣi | tásmai te ’ruṇā́ya babhráve námaḥ kṛṇomi ványāya takmáne

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This Fever, who, burning, makest all forms to be yellow-hued—unto thee, the ruddy, the brown, I make obeisance: homage to the wild-born Fever.

Word by Word

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who/which
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अभिशोचयिष्णुः: causing to burn/afflict; tormenting
• अभिशोचयिष्णुः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (agentive) / Participle-like
• Root: अभि-शुच्/शोच् (धातु) → अभिशोचयिष्णु (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वानि: all (things)
• विश्वानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• रूपाणि: forms, appearances
• रूपाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)

• हरिता: with/into greenish-yellow (hue)
• हरिता: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हरित (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणोषि: you make, you render
• कृणोषि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• तस्मै: to him/for him
• तस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: your
• ते: (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अरुणाय: to the ruddy one (Aruna)
• अरुणाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: अरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• बभ्रवे: to the brown one (Babhru)
• बभ्रवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: बभ्रु (प्रातिपदिक)

• नमः: obeisance, homage
• नमः: Karma
• Type: Noun (indeclinable-like in use)
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणोमि: I make/perform
• कृणोमि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• वन्याय: to the wild one (forest-born)
• वन्याय: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (epithet) / Noun (as epithet)
• Root: वन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• तक्ष्मने: to Takman (fever/ague personified)
• तक्ष्मने: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: तक्ष्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Āṅgirasa attribution in traditional indices for Takman material.

Devata: Takman (Fever) in multiple epiphanies.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (two pādas with extended cadence; metrical exactness varies by recension).

Mantra Rasa

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