Rig Veda 10.97.11: Mandala 10, Sukta 97, Mantra 11

Sukta 10.97

Rishi: Unknown/collective.

Devata: Oṣadhayaḥ; opposing force is Yakṣma (disease-entity).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यदिमा वाजयन्नहमोषधीर्हस्त आदधे । आत्मा यक्ष्मस्य नश्यति पुरा जीवगृभो यथा ॥

Transliteration

yád imā́ vā́jayan ahám oṣádhīr hásta ādadhé | ātmā́ yákṣmasya naśyati purā́ jīvá-gṛ́bho yáthā ||

Translation

力の充溢を求めて、われ薬草を手に取るとき、衰耗の病（yákṣma）のその自己は滅び去る——生けるものが捕らえられ、固く押さえられるように。

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Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• इमा: these
• इमा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्

• वा: or / indeed
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• अजयन्: they conquered / won
• अजयन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्

• ओषधीः: medicinal plants
• ओषधीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि

• हस्ते: in (my) hand
• हस्ते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त

• आदधे: I have placed / I take up
• आदधे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (आ + धा)

• आत्मा: the self / vital being
• आत्मा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्

• यक्ष्मस्य: of disease / wasting sickness
• यक्ष्मस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्म

• नश्यति: perishes / disappears
• नश्यति: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश्

• पुरा: formerly / before
• पुरा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• जीवगृभः: the life-seizer (disease/demon)
• जीवगृभः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीव-गृभ

• यथा: as / like
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा