Atharva Veda 19.38.2: Kanda 19, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 38, Mantra 2

Sukta 38

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विष्व॑ञ्च॒स्तस्मा॒द् यक्ष्मा॑ मृ॒गा अश्वा॑ इवेरते । यद् गु॑ल्गु॒लु सै॑न्ध॒वं यद् वाप्यासि॑ समु॒द्रिय॑म्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 19.38.2

IAST Transliteration

víṣvañcaḥ tasmā́d yákṣmā mṛgā́ áśvā iva īrate | yád gúlgulu saíndhavám yád vā apyā́si samudríyam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From him, on every side, consumption fleeth away, as wild beasts, as horses, rush in flight—when guggulu, Sindhu-salt, or sea-born salt thou admixest (therewith).

Translation

അവനിൽ നിന്നു എല്ലാ ദിക്കുകളിലേക്കും യക്ഷ്മ ഓടിപ്പോകുന്നു—മൃഗങ്ങൾ, കുതിരകൾ പാഞ്ഞൊഴിയുന്നതുപോലെ—നീ ഗുഗ്ഗുലു, സൈന്ധവം (സിന്ധു-ലവണം), അല്ലെങ്കിൽ സമുദ്രജന്യ ലവണം അതിൽ കലർത്തുമ്പോൾ.

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Word by Word

• विष्वञ्चः: (they) in all directions / on all sides
• विष्वञ्चः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष्वञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘विष्वक्/विष्वञ्च्’ = सर्वतः, सर्वदिशम्)

• तस्मात्: from that (from him/it)
• तस्मात्: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यक्ष्माः: diseases; consumptions (yakṣma)
• यक्ष्माः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• मृगाः: wild beasts
• मृगाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्वाः: horses
• अश्वाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (निपात)

• ईरते: they move / are driven forth
• ईरते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईर् (धातु; ‘to move, to set in motion’)

• यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गुल्गुलु: guggulu (aromatic resin)
• गुल्गुलु: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुल्गुलु (प्रातिपदिक; सुगन्धिद्रव्य/गुग्गुलु)

• सैन्धवम्: rock-salt; ‘Sindhu-born’ (salt)
• सैन्धवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सैन्धव (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वाप्यसि: in a pond / in a reservoir
• वाप्यसि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वापी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘pond, reservoir’)

• समुद्रियम्: sea-born (substance); marine (thing)
• समुद्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: समुद्रिय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘of/pertaining to the sea’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic healer tradition (specific r̥ṣi uncertain without Anukramaṇī).

Devata: Bheṣaja (guggulu + salt) as anti-yákṣma power.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta