Mantra 14

Sukta 22

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

गन्धारिभ्यो मूजवद्भ्योऽङ्गेभ्यो मगधेभ्यः । प्रैष्यन् जनमिव शेवधिं तक्मानं परि दद्मसि

IAST Transliteration

gandhāríbhyo mū́javadbhyo’ṅgébhyo magadhébhyaḥ | praiṣyán jánam iva śevadhíṁ takmā́naṁ pári dadmasi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Unto the Gandhāris, unto the Mujavants, unto the Aṅgas, unto the Magadhas—sending him forth as one a man, as (one) a treasure-deposit—we deliver over the Fever round about (and away).

Translation

गंधारींना, मूजवतांना, अङ्गांना, मगधांना—त्याला पाठवीत, जणू एखाद्या मनुष्याला, जणू एखाद्या निधी-ठेवीला—हा तक्मान (ज्वर) आम्ही सर्व बाजूंनी (घेरून) त्यांच्याकडे सुपूर्द करतो, दूर करतो.

Word by Word

गन्धारिभ्यःfrom the Gandhāras

मूजवत्भ्यःfrom the Mūjavat people/region

अङ्गेभ्यःfrom the Aṅgas

मगधेभ्यःfrom the Magadhas

प्रैष्यन्sending forth / dispatching

जनम्the person/folk

इवas, like

शेवधिम्a treasure, precious deposit

तकम्ानम्the fever (Takmān)

परिaround; away (as a preverb with ‘to put/drive away’)

दद्मसिwe place/put; we drive away (lit. ‘we put around’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Takman hymns; specific ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Takmán (Fever) as personified disease; secondarily the ‘directions/peoples’ as receivers

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV healing charms; this verse conforms in cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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