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

Sukta 33

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ग्री॒वाभ्य॑स्त उ॒ष्णिहा॑भ्यः॒ कीक॑साभ्यो अनू॒क्याऽत्। यक्ष्मं॑ दोष॒ण्य॑१मंसा॑भ्यां बा॒हुभ्यां॒ वि वृ॑हामि ते

IAST Transliteration

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

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

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.

Translation

ग्रीवाभ्यस्त उष्णिहाभ्यः कीकसाभ्योऽनूक्यात् । दोषण्यं यक्ष्मं अंसाभ्यां बाहुभ्यां च ते विवृहामि ॥

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Word by Word

• ग्रीवाभ्यः: from the necks
• ग्रीवाभ्यः: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रीवा (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उष्णिहाभ्यः: from the uṣṇihā-s (vertebrae/neck-bones; lit. ‘uṣṇihā’ parts)
• उष्णिहाभ्यः: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: उष्णिहा (प्रातिपदिक; छन्दोनाम)

• कीकसाभ्यः: from the ribs
• कीकसाभ्यः: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीकसा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनूक्यात्: from the spine/backbone
• अनूक्यात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनूक्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• यक्ष्मम्: consumption/disease (yakṣma)
• यक्ष्मम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• दोषण्यम्: harmful, afflicting
• दोषण्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दोषण्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अंसाभ्याम्: with (my) two shoulders
• अंसाभ्याम्: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंस (प्रातिपदिक)

• बाहुभ्याम्: with (my) two arms
• बाहुभ्याम्: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart, away, asunder
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• वृहामि: I tear out / I pull out
• वृहामि: कर्ता
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृह् (धातु; ‘उन्मूलने/उत्क्षेपे’—to tear out, pull out)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

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)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta