Mantra 15

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आयमगन् युवा भिषक् पृश्निहापराजितः । स वै स्वजस्य जम्भन उभयोर्वृश्चिकस्य च

IAST Transliteration

ā́yam agan yúvā bhiṣák pṛśnihā́parājitaḥ | sá vái svajásya jámbhana ubháyor vṛ́ścikasya ca ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hither hath come the youthful leech, the Speckled-slayer, unconquered. Verily he is the crusher of the Svaja, and of both kinds of scorpion too.

Translation

ਇੱਥੇ ਨੌਜਵਾਨ ਭਿਸ਼ਕ (ਚਿਕਿਤਸਕ) ਆਇਆ ਹੈ—ਪ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨਿਹਾ, ਅਪਰਾਜਿਤ। ਨਿਸ਼ਚੇ ਹੀ ਉਹ ਸਵਜ (Svaja) ਦਾ ਜੰਭਨ (ਚੂਰ-ਚੂਰ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ) ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਬਿਛੂ ਦੇ ਦੋਹਾਂ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਰਾਂ ਦਾ ਵੀ।

Word by Word

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• आयम्: this (one), he/it here
• आयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अगन्: came, arrived
• अगन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्

• युवा: the young one
• युवा: Kartā (apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: युवन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भिषक्: physician, healer
• भिषक्: Kartā (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिषज् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृश्निहा: slayer of the speckled one (name/epithet)
• पृश्निहा: Kartā (epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृश्नि-हन् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; हन् धातु)

• अपराजितः: unconquered, invincible
• अपराजितः: Kartā (epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-पराजित (प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वै: indeed
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात)

• स्वजस्य: of the kinsman/companion (svaja)
• स्वजस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वज (प्रातिपदिक)

• जम्भनः: crusher, paralysing agent
• जम्भनः: Kartā (predicate-noun: ‘is the crusher’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जम्भन (प्रातिपदिक; √जम्भ्/जभ् ‘to crush, paralyze’ से भाव/कर्तृ-नाम)

• उभयोः: of/between both
• उभयोः: Sambandha/Adhikaraṇa (context: ‘of/between both’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: उभ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वृश्चिकस्य: of the scorpion
• वृश्चिकस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृश्चिक (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (समुच्चय-अव्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (as per AV 10.4 anukramaṇī; not supplied in input)

Devata: Bhiṣaj (healing power) / Oṣadhi as healer

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)

Mantra Rasa

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