Mantra 7
Sukta 8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
य ऊरू अनुसर्पत्यथो एति गवीनिके । यक्ष्मं ते अन्तरङ्गेभ्यो बहिर्निर्मन्त्रयामहे
IAST Transliteration
yá ūrū́ anusárpaty átho éti gavī́nike | yákṣmaṃ te antarā́ṅgebhyo bahír nírmantrayāmahé ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
The yakṣma that creeps along the thighs, and also goes into the groin—from thy inner members that wasting ill we charm forth and drive without.
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-
ऊरू(the) two thighs
ऊरू:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootऊरु (प्रातिपदिक)
अनुसर्पतिcreeps along/follows
अनुसर्पति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√सृप् (सर्पणे) + अनु-
अथोand also/then too
अथो:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ + उ (निपात-संयोग)
एतिgoes/comes
एति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√इ (गत्यर्थे)
गवीनिकेin/at the groin (inguinal region)
गवीनिके:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगवीनिका (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री.)
यक्ष्मम्consumption/disease (yakṣmā)
यक्ष्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you/your
ते:
—
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त्वद्-
अन्तरङ्गेभ्यःfrom the inner parts/limbs
अन्तरङ्गेभ्यः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तरङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; ‘inner limb/inner part’)
बहिःout(wards), outside
बहिः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootबहिस् (अव्यय)
निःout, forth (as a preverb)
निः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनिस् (उपसर्ग; निः-)
मन्त्रयामहेwe utter/adjure (with a charm), we invoke
मन्त्रयामहे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√मन्त्र् (मन्त्रण/परामर्श/उच्चारणे) [आत्मनेपदी]
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)
Devata: Yakṣma (wasting disease) as personified affliction
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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