Atharva Veda 9.8.2 — Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 2

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कर्णा॑भ्यां ते॒ कङ्कू॑षेभ्यः कर्णशू॒लं वि॒सल्पकम्। सर्वं॑ शीर्ष॒ण्यंऽ ते॒ रोगं॑ ब॒हिर्निर्म॑न्त्रयामहे

IAST Transliteration

karṇā́bhyāṁ te kaṅkū́ṣebhyaḥ karṇaśūláṁ vísalpakaṁ | sárvaṁ śīrṣáṇyaṁ te rógaṁ bahír nírmantrayāmahe

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From both thine ears, from the ear-passages, the ear-stabbing, the creeping-spreading malady—all thy cranial disease forth, outward, do we conjure away.

Translation

汝の両耳より、耳の道より、耳を刺す痛み、這い広がる病――汝のあらゆる頭部の病を、われらは呪力をもって外へ、遠くへと祓い出す。

Word by Word

• कर्णाभ्याम्: from/through the two ears
• कर्णाभ्याम्: अपादान (यतः/यस्मात्—‘from the ears’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कङ्कूषेभ्यः: from the kankūṣa-s (a body-part/appendage term in AV usage)
• कङ्कूषेभ्यः: अपादान (यतः/यस्मात्—‘from the kankūṣa-objects/parts’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कङ्कूष (प्रातिपदिक)

• कर्णशूलम्: ear-ache, pain in the ear
• कर्णशूलम्: कर्म (object of removal/banishing)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णशूल (समास-प्रातिपदिक: कर्ण + शूल)

• विसल्पकम्: a creeping/gnawing ailment (visalpaka)
• विसल्पकम्: कर्म (object of removal/banishing)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विसल्पक (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: कर्म (object: ‘all’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• शीर्षण्यम्: pertaining to the head
• शीर्षण्यम्: विशेषण (qualifier of रोगम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शीर्षण्य (प्रातिपदिक; from शीर्षन् ‘head’)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रोगम्: disease
• रोगम्: कर्म (object of मन्त्रयामहे)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक)

• बहिः: out, outside
• बहिः: अधिकारण (direction/goal with nir-)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहिः (अव्यय)

• निः: out, forth (as prefix ‘nir-’)
• निः: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: निः (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• मन्त्रयामहे: we charm away / we adjure (to depart)
• मन्त्रयामहे: क्रिया (we charm/adjure/banish)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्त्रय् (धातु; denominative from मन्त्र)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Healing power; roga as expellable adversary

Chandas: Virāḍ-Anuṣṭubh (hymn metrical profile per input)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira