Mantra 20

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विसल्पस्य विद्रधस्य वातीकारस्य वालजेः । यक्ष्माणां सर्वेषां विषं निरवोचमहं त्वत्

IAST Transliteration

ví-salpasya vidrádhasya vātīkārásya vālajéḥ | yákṣmāṇā́m sárveṣāṃ víṣaṃ nír avocam aháṃ tvát ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From thee—of visalpa, of abscess, of the vāta-maker, of the hair-bred malady; of all consumptions—have I spoken the poison forth and away.

Word by Word

विसल्पस्यof (the disease) visalpa

विद्रधस्यof the abscess/boil

वातीकारस्यof the vāta-disorder

वालजेःof (the disease) vālaji

यक्ष्माणाम्of consumptions/diseases (yakṣmā-s)

सर्वेषाम्of all

विषम्poison/venom

निरवोचम्I have uttered/declared out (i.e., expelled by speech)

अहम्I

त्वत्from you

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi attribution varies in ancillary lists for AV 9.8)

Devata: Roga/Yakṣma and allied disease-agents (as adversaries); implicitly the healing power of mantra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in healing charms; this verse is anuṣṭubh-like in cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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