Mantra 1

Sukta 116

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ज्वरनाशनम्। नमो रूराय च्यवनाय नोदनाय धृष्णवे । नमः शीताय पूर्वकामकृत्वने

IAST Transliteration

námo rú̄rāya cyávānāya nódanāya dhr̥ṣṇáve | námaḥ śītā́ya pū́rva-kā́ma-kŕ̥tvane

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Homage to Rūra, to Cyavana, to the Urger, to the Bold one. Homage to the Cold (fever), to him who maketh good the former wish.

Word by Word

• नमः: obeisance; homage
• नमः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• रूराय: to the fierce one (Rudra)
• रूराय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: रूर (प्रातिपदिक; रुद्र-विशेषण)

• च्यवनाय: to the one who makes (it) fall/decline; the dislodger
• च्यवनाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: च्यवन (प्रातिपदिक; ‘च्यव्’ धातु-सम्बद्ध नाम)

• नोदनाय: to the driver-away; impeller
• नोदनाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: नोदन (प्रातिपदिक; √नुद् ‘to push, drive’)

• धृष्णवे: to the bold/unyielding one
• धृष्णवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used as epithet)
• Root: धृष्णु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bold, daring’)

• नमः: obeisance
• नमः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शीताय: to the cool/cold one
• शीताय: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used as epithet)
• Root: शीत (प्रातिपदिक)

• पूर्वकामकृत्वने: to the fulfiller/maker of former (earlier) desires
• पूर्वकामकृत्वने: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: पूर्वकामकृत्वन् (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास: पूर्व + काम + कृत्वन्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn ascribed in the Anukramaṇī to Atharvan/Angiras-type seers; requires edition-specific confirmation).

Devata: Jvara (Fever) personified; śīta-jvara as a specific form.

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (requires metrical verification against full pada-count in critical text).

Mantra Rasa

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