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Atharva Veda 9.8.12: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 12

Sukta 8

उ॒दरा॑त् ते क्लो॒म्नो नाभ्या॒ हृद॑या॒दधि॑ । यक्ष्मा॑णां॒ सर्वे॑षां वि॒षं निर॑वोचम॒हं त्वत्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 9.8.12

udárāt te klómno nā́bhyā hṛ́dayād ádhi | yákṣmāṇā́ṃ sárveṣāṃ víṣaṃ nír avocam aháṃ tvát ||

From thy belly, from the kloman, from the navel, from above the heart—from thee I have spoken forth the poison of all the yakṣmās.

उदरात् ते क्लोम्नो नाभ्या हृदयादधि—त्वत्तोऽहं यक्ष्माणां सर्वेषां विषं निरवोचम्।

उदरात्from the belly
उदरात्:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootउदर (प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you / your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
क्लोम्नःfrom the kloman (a visceral organ; often taken as lung/‘sweetbread’)
क्लोम्नः:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootक्लोमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
नाभ्याःfrom the navel
नाभ्याः:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootनाभि (प्रातिपदिक)
हृदयात्from the heart
हृदयात्:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootहृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
अधिfrom; upon; over
अधि:
(सहायक-निपात)
TypeIndeclinable (Preverb/Preposition)
Rootअधि
यक्ष्माणाम्of the diseases (yakṣma; wasting/consumption etc.)
यक्ष्माणाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
सर्वेषाम्of all
सर्वेषाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeAdjective (pronominal)
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
विषम्poison; venom (i.e., the harmful essence)
विषम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootविष (प्रातिपदिक)
निरवोचम्I have spoken out/uttered away; I have expelled by utterance
निरवोचम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु) + निर् (उपसर्ग)
अहम्I
अहम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्वत्from you
त्वत्:
अपादान
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (yakṣma-bhaiṣajya cycle)

Devata: Bhaiṣajya power; anti-Yakṣma

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira

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