Atharva Veda 9.8.7 — Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 7

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

य ऊ॒रू अ॑नु॒सर्प॒त्यथो॒ एति॑ ग॒वीनि॑के । यक्ष्मं॑ ते अ॒न्तरङ्गे॑भ्यो ब॒हिर्निर्म॑न्त्रयामहे

IAST Transliteration

yá ūrū́ anusárpaty átho éti gavī́nike | yákṣmaṃ te antarā́ṅgebhyo bahír nírmantrayāmahé ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The yakṣma that creeps along the thighs, and also goes into the groin—from thy inner members that wasting ill we charm forth and drive without.

Translation

य ऊरू अनुसर्पत्यथो एति गवीनिके। यक्ष्मं ते अन्तरङ्गेभ्यो बहिर्निर्मन्त्रयामहे॥

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• ऊरू: (the) two thighs
• ऊरू: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊरु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनुसर्पति: creeps along/follows
• अनुसर्पति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सृप् (सर्पणे) + अनु-

• अथो: and also/then too
• अथो: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ + उ (निपात-संयोग)

• एति: goes/comes
• एति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (गत्यर्थे)

• गवीनिके: in/at the groin (inguinal region)
• गवीनिके: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गवीनिका (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री.)

• यक्ष्मम्: consumption/disease (yakṣmā)
• यक्ष्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त्वद्-

• अन्तरङ्गेभ्यः: from the inner parts/limbs
• अन्तरङ्गेभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; ‘inner limb/inner part’)

• बहिः: out(wards), outside
• बहिः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहिस् (अव्यय)

• निः: out, forth (as a preverb)
• निः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निस् (उपसर्ग; निः-)

• मन्त्रयामहे: we utter/adjure (with a charm), we invoke
• मन्त्रयामहे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मन्त्र् (मन्त्रण/परामर्श/उच्चारणे) [आत्मनेपदी]

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Yakṣma (wasting disease) as personified affliction

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta