Mantra 4

Sukta 76

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पक्षी जायान्यः पतति स आ विशति पूरुषम्। तदक्षितस्य भेषजमुभयोः सुक्षतस्य च

IAST Transliteration

pakṣī́ jāyānyáḥ patati sá ā́ viśati púruṣam | tád ákṣitasya bheṣajám ubháyoḥ súkṣatasya ca ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A winged Jāyānya flieth; it entereth into the man. That is the medicine of the uninjured, and of both—yea, of that which is well-stricken also.

Word by Word

पक्षीthe bird

जायान्यःbelonging to/going to the wife (homeward, to the spouse)

पततिflies, falls, alights

सःhe/that one

आtowards, into

विशतिenters

पूरुषम्a man/person

तत्that

अक्षितस्यof the uninjured/undiminished (one)

भेषजम्remedy, medicine

उभयोःof both

सुक्षतस्यof the well-wounded / properly cut (one)

चand

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (attribution uncertain at single-verse level in common indices)

Devata: Bheṣaja / the expelling power against Jāyānya (affliction-personification)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires full hymn metrical audit)

Mantra Rasa

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