Mantra 13

Sukta 22

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तृतीयकं वितृतीयं सदन्दिमुत शारदम्। तक्मानं शीतं रूरं ग्रैष्मं नाशय वार्षिकम्

IAST Transliteration

tṛtī́yakaṁ vitṛtīyáṁ sadandím utá śāradám | takmā́naṁ śītáṁ rūrám graiṣmáṁ nāśaya vārṣíkam |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The tertian, the varied-tertian, the settled and the autumnal—fever, the chill and the burning, the summer and the rainy—destroy thou.

Translation

ਤ੍ਰਿਤੀਯਕ, ਵਿਤ੍ਰਿਤੀਯ (ਅਨਿਯਮਿਤ ਤ੍ਰਿਤੀਯ), ਸਦੰਦੀ (ਟਿਕਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ) ਅਤੇ ਸ਼ਾਰਦ—ਤਕਮਾਨ (ਜ੍ਵਰ); ਸ਼ੀਤ (ਠੰਢ ਵਾਲਾ) ਅਤੇ ਰੂਰ (ਦਾਹਕ); ਗ੍ਰੈਸ਼ਮ (ਗਰਮੀ ਦਾ) ਅਤੇ ਵਾਰਸ਼ਿਕ (ਬਰਸਾਤ ਦਾ)—ਇਹ ਸਭ ਤੂੰ ਨਾਸ ਕਰ।

Word by Word

• तृतीयकम्: the tertian (fever recurring every third day)
• तृतीयकम्: कर्म (नाशय का)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: तृतीयक (प्रातिपदिक; तृतीय ‘third’ से) अथवा तृतीयक- (विशेषण/संज्ञा)

• वितृतीयम्: the irregular/variant tertian (fever)
• वितृतीयम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: वि-तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक; वि- उपसर्ग + तृतीय ‘third’) / वितृतीय-

• सदन्दिम्: the ‘sadandí’ fever (a named type of fever)
• सदन्दिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदन्दि (प्रातिपदिक; ज्वर-भेद का नाम)

• उत: and; also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• शारदम्: the autumnal (fever)
• शारदम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: शारद (प्रातिपदिक; शरद्-सम्बन्धी)

• तकम्ानम्: fever (takman)
• तकम्ानम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: तकम्ान (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ज्वर’)

• शीतम्: the cold (fever)
• शीतम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: शीत (प्रातिपदिक; √शी ‘to cool’ से)

• रूरम्: the ‘rūr’ (a harsh/painful fever)
• रूरम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective/Noun (fever-epithet)
• Root: रूर (प्रातिपदिक; ज्वर-विशेष/‘rūr’)

• ग्रैष्मम्: the summer (fever)
• ग्रैष्मम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: ग्रैष्म (प्रातिपदिक; ग्रीष्म-सम्बन्धी)

• नाशय: destroy! drive away!
• नाशय: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नश् (नाशयति; causative of √नश्/नश् ‘to perish’)

• वार्षिकम्: the rainy-season/annual (fever)
• वार्षिकम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: वार्षिक (प्रातिपदिक; वर्ष-सम्बन्धी)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Takman (Fever) in its periodic and seasonal forms

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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