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Atharva Veda 9.8.4 — Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 4

Sukta 8

यः कृ॒णोति॑ प्र॒मोत॑म॒न्धं कृ॒णोति॒ पूरु॑षम्। सर्वं॑ शीर्ष॒ण्यंऽ ते॒ रोगं॑ ब॒हिर्निर्म॑न्त्रयामहे

yáḥ kṛṇóti prámotam ándhaṁ kṛṇóti pū́ruṣam | sárvaṁ śīrṣáṇyaṁ te rógaṁ bahír nírmantrayāmahe

What maketh a man prostrate, what maketh him blind—all thy cranial disease forth, outward, do we conjure away.

യാതൊന്നാണ് മനുഷ്യനെ നിലംപതിപ്പിക്കുന്നതു (പ്രമോത), യാതൊന്നാണ് അവനെ അന്ധനാക്കുന്നതു—ഹേ (രോഗമേ), നിന്റെ ശിരസ്സിലെ/കപാലസ്ഥമായ എല്ലാ രോഗവും ഞങ്ങൾ മന്ത്രബലത്തോടെ പുറത്തേക്ക്, അകറ്റി നീക്കുന്നു.

यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
कृणोतिmakes, does
कृणोति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (करोति) धातु
प्रमोततम्the most stupefying/most deluding (thing/state)
प्रमोततम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (superlative) / Noun-like
Rootप्र-मोत-तम (प्रातिपदिक; ‘प्रमोत’ + तमप्)
अन्धम्blindness; the blind (one)
अन्धम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective / Noun
Rootअन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
कृणोतिmakes
कृणोति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (करोति) धातु
पूरुषम्a man, person
पूरुषम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपूरुष (पुरुष) (प्रातिपदिक)
सर्वम्all, the whole
सर्वम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively) / Pronoun-like
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
शीर्षण्याम्(disease) of the head; head-affecting
शीर्षण्याम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootशीर्षण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
तेyour, of you
ते:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
रोगम्disease
रोगम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरोग (प्रातिपदिक)
बहिःout, outside
बहिः:
Adhikaraṇa (direction) / Apādāna (as ‘out’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootबहिस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
निर्मन्त्रयामहेwe conjure/banish by incantation; we exorcise
निर्मन्त्रयामहे:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootनि + मन्त्रय् (मन्त्रयते) धातु

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Healing power; roga as adversary affecting head and senses

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

Primary: karuna

Secondary: shanta

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