Mantra 22

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सर्वज्यानिः कर्णौ वरीवर्जयन्ती राजयक्ष्मो मेहन्ती

IAST Transliteration

sarvajyāníḥ kárṇau varīvárjayantī rājayakṣmó méhantī

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

All-wasting Loss—she guards the ears, keeping harm away—(yet) rājayakṣma, the consumer, makes him void his water.

Translation

ਸਭ ਕੁਝ ਖਾ ਜਾਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਨਾਸ—ਉਹ ਕੰਨਾਂ ਦੀ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਕਰਦੀ ਹੈ, ਹਾਨੀ ਦੂਰ ਰੱਖਦੀ ਹੈ—(ਪਰ) ਰਾਜਯਕ੍ਸ਼ਮਾ, ਭੱਖਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਰੋਗ, ਉਸ ਤੋਂ ਪਾਣੀ (ਮੂਤਰ) ਛਡਵਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• सर्वज्यानिः: all-wasting/total decay (as a disease/affliction)
• सर्वज्यानिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वज्यानी- (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + ज्यानि/ज्यानी ‘हानि/क्षय’)

• कर्णौ: (the) two ears
• कर्णौ: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण- (प्रातिपदिक)

• वरीवर्जयन्ती: warding off/keeping away (protecting)
• वरीवर्जयन्ती: कर्तृ
• Type: Participle (Adjectival)
• Root: √वृ (वृणोति/वृणुते) + वि + अव (वरी-) + √वृज्/√वर्ज् (वर्जयति) → वरी-वर्जयन्ती (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• राजयक्ष्मः: consumption; phthisis (royal disease)
• राजयक्ष्मः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजयक्ष्म- (प्रातिपदिक; रोगनाम)

• मेहन्ती: urinating; discharging (as in a urinary ailment)
• मेहन्ती: कर्तृ
• Type: Participle (Adjectival)
• Root: √मिह्/√मेह् (मेहति ‘मूत्रयति/स्रवति’) → मेहन्ती (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: To be verified per Anukramaṇī for AVŚ 12.5.

Devata: Rājayakṣma / Sarvajyāni (personified disease-powers).

Chandas: To be verified by metrical scan in context.

Mantra Rasa

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