Mantra 13

Sukta 22

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तृतीयकं वितृतीयं सदन्दिमुत शारदम्। तक्मानं शीतं रूरं ग्रैष्मं नाशय वार्षिकम्

IAST Transliteration

tṛtī́yakaṁ vitṛtīyáṁ sadandím utá śāradám | takmā́naṁ śītáṁ rūrám graiṣmáṁ nāśaya vārṣíkam |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The tertian, the varied-tertian, the settled and the autumnal—fever, the chill and the burning, the summer and the rainy—destroy thou.

Translation

三日熱（tṛtīyaka）を、変三日熱（vitṛtīya）を、居座る熱（sadandi）を、また秋の熱（śāradam）を――寒えの熱を、灼く熱を、夏の熱を、雨季の熱（vārṣika）を――汝よ、滅ぼせ。

Word by Word

तृतीयकम्the tertian (fever recurring every third day)

वितृतीयम्the irregular/variant tertian (fever)

सदन्दिम्the ‘sadandí’ fever (a named type of fever)

उतand; also

शारदम्the autumnal (fever)

तकम्ानम्fever (takman)

शीतम्the cold (fever)

रूरम्the ‘rūr’ (a harsh/painful fever)

ग्रैष्मम्the summer (fever)

नाशयdestroy! drive away!

वार्षिकम्the rainy-season/annual (fever)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Takman (Fever) in its periodic and seasonal forms

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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