Mantra 1

Sukta 56

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विषभैषज्यम्। तिरश्चिराजेरसितात् पृदाकोः परि संभृतम्। तत् कङ्कपर्वणो विषमियं वीरुदनीनशत्

IAST Transliteration

tiráści rājéḥ asitā́t pṛdā́kaḥ pári saṃbhṛtám | tát kaṅkáparvaṇo viṣám iyáṃ vīrúd anīnaśat

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Poison gathered round about—(poison) of the striped one, of the black one, of the spotted one, of the knot-jointed—this herb hath driven it away.

Translation

Veneno ajuntado por toda parte — veneno do listrado, do negro, do malhado, do de juntas nodosas — este veneno, esta erva o expulsou.

Word by Word

विषभैषज्यम्poison-remedy; antidote

तिरश्चिराजेःof the cross-striped (serpent/creature)

असितात्from the black one

पृदाकोःof the pṛdāku (a spotted serpent)

परिaround; all around

संभृतम्collected; gathered together

तत्that

कङ्कपर्वणःof the kanka-jointed (serpent/being)

विषम्poison

इयम्this (she/this remedy)

वीरुद्the herb; medicinal plant

अनीनशत्has destroyed; has made perish

Attribution

Rishi: Bhṛgu (as per the appended heading for the section; if local tradition assigns otherwise, record variant in apparatus)

Devata: Vīrúd (healing herb) / Viṣa-nāśana (poison-destroying agency)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification against full pada count)

Mantra Rasa

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