Mantra 1

Sukta 56

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विषभैषज्यम्। तिरश्चिराजेरसितात् पृदाकोः परि संभृतम्। तत् कङ्कपर्वणो विषमियं वीरुदनीनशत्

IAST Transliteration

tiráści rājéḥ asitā́t pṛdā́kaḥ pári saṃbhṛtám | tát kaṅkáparvaṇo viṣám iyáṃ vīrúd anīnaśat

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Poison gathered round about—(poison) of the striped one, of the black one, of the spotted one, of the knot-jointed—this herb hath driven it away.

Word by Word

• विषभैषज्यम्: poison-remedy; antidote
• विषभैषज्यम्: कर्म (उपपद-प्रयोगे ‘इदं’ इत्यादि सूच्यते)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष-भैषज्य (समास; भैषज्य < भिषज्/भेषज- प्रातिपदिक)

• तिरश्चिराजेः: of the cross-striped (serpent/creature)
• तिरश्चिराजेः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of the striped one’
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: तिरश्चिराजि- (प्रातिपदिक; तिरश्चि- + राजि- ‘रेखा/धारी’ इति बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास)

• असितात्: from the black one
• असितात्: अपादान
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: असिता- (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृदाकोः: of the pṛdāku (a spotted serpent)
• पृदाकोः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृदाकु-/पृदाक- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘चित्त्र/बिन्दुयुक्त सर्प’ इत्यर्थे)

• परि: around; all around
• परि: — (उपसर्ग/उपपद; ‘चारों ओर/परितः’)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/preposition)
• Root: परि

• संभृतम्: collected; gathered together
• संभृतम्: विशेषण/कर्म (विषभैषज्यम् इत्यस्य)
• Type: Participle
• Root: सम् + √भृ (भृञ्) → संभृत (कृदन्त)

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्म (यत्…तत्-सम्बन्धे ‘that’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कङ्कपर्वणः: of the kanka-jointed (serpent/being)
• कङ्कपर्वणः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of the kanka-jointed one’
• Type: Noun
• Root: कङ्कपर्वन्- (प्रातिपदिक; कङ्क + पर्वन् ‘गाँठ/पर्व’ इति समास)

• विषम्: poison
• विषम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष- (प्रातिपदिक)

• इयम्: this (she/this remedy)
• इयम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वीरुद्: the herb; medicinal plant
• वीरुद्: कर्तृ (इयम् वीरुद् = subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरुध्/वीरुद्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘लता/औषधि’)

• अनीनशत्: has destroyed; has made perish
• अनीनशत्: क्रिया (कर्तृ = वीरुद्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नश् (नशँ) with reduplication: अ-नी-नश् (लिट्/परस्मैपद-रूप; वैदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Bhṛgu (as per the appended heading for the section; if local tradition assigns otherwise, record variant in apparatus)

Devata: Vīrúd (healing herb) / Viṣa-nāśana (poison-destroying agency)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification against full pada count)

Mantra Rasa

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