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Atharva Veda 2.33.2: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 33, Mantra 2

Sukta 33

ग्री॒वाभ्य॑स्त उ॒ष्णिहा॑भ्यः॒ कीक॑साभ्यो अनू॒क्याऽत्। यक्ष्मं॑ दोष॒ण्य॑१मंसा॑भ्यां बा॒हुभ्यां॒ वि वृ॑हामि ते

grīvā́bhyas te uṣṇíhābhyas kī́kasābhyo anūkyá̄t | yákṣmaṃ doṣaṇyàm aṃsā́bhyāṃ bāhúbhyāṃ ví vṛhāmi te ||

From thy neck, from thy shoulder-parts, from thy ribs, from thy spine,—the wasting-disease, the mischief-working one, with shoulders and with arms I rend away from thee, clean apart.

Из твоей шеи, из плечевых частей, из рёбер, из позвоночника — Якшму, истощающую, вредоносную: из плеч и из рук я вырываю её из тебя, отделяя начисто.

ग्रीवाभ्यःfrom the necks
ग्रीवाभ्यः:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootग्रीवा (प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you / your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उष्णिहाभ्यःfrom the uṣṇihā-s (vertebrae/neck-bones; lit. ‘uṣṇihā’ parts)
उष्णिहाभ्यः:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootउष्णिहा (प्रातिपदिक; छन्दोनाम)
कीकसाभ्यःfrom the ribs
कीकसाभ्यः:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootकीकसा (प्रातिपदिक)
अनूक्यात्from the spine/backbone
अनूक्यात्:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootअनूक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
यक्ष्मम्consumption/disease (yakṣma)
यक्ष्मम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
दोषण्यम्harmful, afflicting
दोषण्यम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootदोषण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
अंसाभ्याम्with (my) two shoulders
अंसाभ्याम्:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootअंस (प्रातिपदिक)
बाहुभ्याम्with (my) two arms
बाहुभ्याम्:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart, away, asunder
वि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वृहामिI tear out / I pull out
वृहामि:
कर्ता
TypeVerb
Rootवृह् (धातु; ‘उन्मूलने/उत्क्षेपे’—to tear out, pull out)
तेof you / your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (healing seer; commonly transmitted without a single prominent ṛṣi-name in practical recitation contexts for this hymn)

Devata: Yákṣma (as the targeted personified malady); implicitly the healing power of the Atharvan-priest’s brahman

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of ~8 syllables; with Atharvanic flexibility)

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta

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