Mantra 85

Rishi: Yājñavalkya-line transmission (general).

Devata: Oṣadhayaḥ; anti-devatā: Yakṣman/Jīvagṛbh.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यदि॒मा वा॒जय॑न्न॒हमोष॑धी॒र्हस्त॑ आद॒धे । आ॒त्मा यक्ष्म॑स्य नश्यति पु॒रा जी॑व॒गृभो॑ यथा

Transliteration

yádi mā́ vā́jayann ahám óṣadhīr háste ā́dadhe | ātmā́ yákṣmasya naśyati purā́ jīvá-gṛ́bho yáthā ||

Translation

Jika, dengan menguatkanku, aku mengambil tumbuh-tumbuhan ini ke dalam tanganku, maka lenyaplah hakikat (ātman) penyakit yang menghakis (yakṣma), sebagaimana dahulu si perenggut-nyawa.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

यदि । इमाः । वाजयन् । अहम् । ओषधीः । हस्ते । आदधे । आत्मा । यक्ष्मस्य । नश्यति । पुरा । जीवगृभः । यथा ।

Word by Word

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

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

• वै: indeed
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

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

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

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

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

• आ: unto, towards; completely
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ

• दधे: I place / I take up
• दधे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (दधाति)

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

• यक्ष्मस्य: of disease (consumption)
• यक्ष्मस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्म

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

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

• जीवगृभः: a living-catcher (one who seizes the living)
• जीवगृभः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीव-गृभ

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

Entities Mentioned

• Oṣadhayaḥ (Medicinal Plants)
• Yakṣman
• Jīvagṛbh (Life-seizer)