Mantra 2

Sukta 85

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इन्द्रस्य वचसा वयं मित्रस्य वरुणस्य च । देवानां सर्वेषां वाचा यक्ष्मं ते वारयामहे

IAST Transliteration

índrasya vácasā vayáṃ mitrásya váruṇasya ca | devā́nāṃ sárveṣāṃ vācā́ yákṣmaṃ te vārayāmahe

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With Indra’s word, with Mitra’s and with Varuṇa’s, yea with the speech of all the Gods, we ward from thee the wasting-sickness and repel it.

Word by Word

• इन्द्रस्य: of Indra
• इन्द्रस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वचसा: by (the) word/speech
• वचसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मित्रस्य: of Mitra
• मित्रस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वरुणस्य: of Varuṇa
• वरुणस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• वाचा: by speech/utterance
• वाचा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यक्ष्मम्: disease, wasting illness
• यक्ष्मम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: for you, to you
• ते: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वारयामहे: we ward off / we keep away
• वारयामहे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (वारयति = निवारयति; causative)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (to be verified via anukramaṇī)

Devata: Indra; Mitra-Varuṇa; collectively All Gods (Viśve Devāḥ) as speech-powers

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; confirm by scansion)

Mantra Rasa

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