Mantra 21

Sukta 96

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऊरुभ्यां ते अष्ठीवद्भ्यां पार्ष्णिभ्यां प्रपदाभ्याम्। यक्ष्मं भसद्यं१ श्रोणिभ्यां भासदं भंससो वि वृहामि ते

IAST Transliteration

ūrúbhyāṁ te aṣṭhīvádbhyā́m pārṣṇí-bhyā́m prá-padā́bhyām | yákṣmaṁ bhasadyàṁ śróṇi-bhyā́m bhāsadáṁ bhaṁsáso ví vṛhāmi te

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From thy thighs, from thy knee-joints, from thy heels, from thy forefeet; the Yákṣma, seated in the buttocks, from the hips, seated in the haunch—do I rend away from thee.

Translation

ನಿನ್ನ ಊರುಗಳಿಂದ, ನಿನ್ನ ಅಷ್ಠೀವತ್‌ (ಮೂಳೆ-ಸಂಧಿ)ಗಳಿಂದ, ನಿನ್ನ ಪಾರ್ಷ್ಣಿ (ಮಡಿಕಾಲಿನ ಕೆಳಭಾಗ/ಹಿಮ್ಮಡಿ)ಗಳಿಂದ, ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರಪದ (ಮುಂಭಾಗದ ಪಾದ)ಗಳಿಂದ— ಶ್ರೋಣಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ (ಕುಳಿತೆಲುಬು/ನಿತಂಬ) ಆಸೀನನಾಗಿರುವ, ಕಟಿಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಸೀನನಾಗಿರುವ ಯಕ್ಷ್ಮವನ್ನು, ನಿನ್ನಿಂದ ನಾನು ಚೀರಿ ಕಿತ್ತುಹಾಕುತ್ತೇನೆ.

Word by Word

ऊरुभ्याम्from the thighs

तेof you/your

अष्ठीवद्भ्याम्from the bony (parts)

पार्ष्णिभ्याम्from the heels

प्रपदाभ्याम्from the forefeet/front of the foot

यक्ष्मम्consumption/disease (yakṣma)

भसद्यम्gnawing/afflicting (disease)

श्रोणिभ्याम्from the hips

भासदम्shining/burning (affliction)

भंससःfrom the rump/buttocks

विapart, away

वृहामिI tear out / uproot

तेof you/your

Attribution

Rishi: Kāśyapa (series attribution)

Devata: Yákṣma (as the expelled entity)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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