Mantra 10

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ये शालाः परिनृत्यन्ति सायं गर्दभनादिनः । कुसूला ये च कुक्षिलाः ककुभाः करुमाः स्रिमाः । तानोषधे त्वं गन्धेन विषूचीनान् वि नाशय

IAST Transliteration

yé śālā́ḥ pari-nṛ́tyanti sāyáṃ gardabha-nādínaḥ | kusū́lā yé ca kukṣilā́ḥ kakúbhāḥ karúmā́ḥ srímā́ḥ | tā́n oṣadhe tváṃ gándhena viṣūcī́nān ví nāśaya

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Those Shālā-haunters who dance about at evening, braying with ass-like cries; those of the granary, and the belly-haunters, the hunch-backed, the sooty, the oozing—those cross-going mischief-makers, O Herb, do thou, by thy fragrance, scatter and destroy.

Translation

ਜੋ ਸ਼ਾਮ ਵੇਲੇ ਸ਼ਾਲਾਵਾਂ ਦੇ ਆਲੇ-ਦੁਆਲੇ ਨੱਚਦੇ ਹਨ, ਗਧੇ ਵਾਂਗ ਚੀਕਾਂ ਮਾਰਦੇ ਸ਼ਾਲਾ-ਭਟਕਣ ਵਾਲੇ; ਜੋ ਕੂਸੂਲ (ਅਨਾਜ-ਕੋਠੇ) ਵਿੱਚ ਰਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ, ਕੁਕ੍ਸ਼ਿਲ (ਪੇਟ-ਭਟਕਣ ਵਾਲੇ), ਕਕੁਭ (ਕੁੱਬੇ), ਕਰੁਮ (ਕਾਲੇ/ਸੂਟੇ), ਸ੍ਰਿਮ (ਰਿਸਣ/ਸ੍ਰਾਵ ਵਾਲੇ)—ਉਹ ਵਿਸੂਚੀਨ (ਟੇਢੇ ਰਾਹੀਂ ਫਿਰ ਕੇ ਉਪਦ੍ਰਵ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ) ਸਭ ਨੂੰ, ਹੇ ਔਸ਼ਧੇ, ਆਪਣੇ ਗੰਧ ਨਾਲ ਛਿਟਕਾ ਕੇ ਨਾਸ ਕਰ।

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शालाः: huts/sheds
• शालाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाला (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: परि

• नृत्यन्ति: dance
• नृत्यन्ति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: नृत् (धातु)

• सायम्: in the evening
• सायम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सायम्

• गर्दभनादिनः: braying like donkeys
• गर्दभनादिनः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गर्दभ-नादिन् (प्रातिपदिक; नादिन् = ‘braying/sounding’)

• कुसूलाः: granaries/store-rooms
• कुसूलाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुसूल (प्रातिपदिक)

• ये: who (those which)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कुक्षिलाः: belly-like cavities/holes (nooks)
• कुक्षिलाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुक्षिल (प्रातिपदिक)

• ककुभाः: projections/peaks/corners
• ककुभाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ककुभ (प्रातिपदिक)

• करुमाः: (creatures/spirits called) karuma-s
• करुमाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: करुम (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्रिमाः: (beings) having ‘sri/gleam’; sṛimā-s (a class/name)
• स्रिमाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: स्रिमन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ओषधे: O herb/plant
• ओषधे: Sampradāna (addressed)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: ओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गन्धेन: with (your) fragrance
• गन्धेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)

• विषूचीनान्: the scattered/straying (ones), the perverse
• विषूचीनान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: विषूचीन (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart, away
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: वि

• नाशय: destroy/drive away
• नाशय: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु; causative नाशयति)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn-level attribution varies by Anukramaṇī; commonly treated as Atharvan/Angiras-type rakṣoghna material)

Devata: Oṣadhi (Herb) as apotropaic power; implicitly Rakṣas-nāśana

Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh-dominant (catalogue-style pādas; metrical irregularities typical of AV lists)

Mantra Rasa

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