Mantra 18

Sukta 96

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ग्रीवाभ्यस्त उष्णिहाभ्यः कीकसाभ्यो अनूक्याऽत्। यक्ष्मं दोषण्य१मंसाभ्यां बाहुभ्यां वि वृहामि ते

IAST Transliteration

grīvā́bhyas te uṣṇíhābhyas kī́kasābhyo anū́kyāt | yákṣmaṃ doṣaṇyàṃ aṃsā́bhyāṃ bāhúbhyāṃ ví vṛhāmi te

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From thy neck, from thy nape, from the vertebrae, from the spine—yakṣma, lodged in shoulder and arm, from shoulders, from arms, I tear it forth from thee.

Translation

உன் கழுத்திலிருந்து, உன் பிடரி (நப்) யிலிருந்து, முதுகெலும்புத் தண்டுகளிலிருந்து, முதுகுத்தண்டிலிருந்து—தோளிலும் கையிலும் அமர்ந்த யக்ஷ்மத்தை—தோள்களிலிருந்து, கைகளிலிருந்து—நான் உன்னிடமிருந்து கிழித்து வெளியே எடுக்கிறேன்.

Word by Word

ग्रीवाभ्यःfrom the necks

तेof you / your

उष्णिहाभ्यःfrom the uṣṇihā (parts/regions so named)

कीकसाभ्यःfrom the vertebrae / spinal bones

अनूक्यात्from the spinal/back region

यक्ष्मम्consumption/disease (yakṣma)

दोषण्यम्harmful, afflicting

अंसाभ्याम्with (the) two shoulders

बाहुभ्याम्with (the) two arms

विapart, away, asunder

वृहामिI tear out / I pull out

तेfrom you / your

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic healer-seer tradition (variable).

Devata: Yakṣma (as removable affliction) / healing speech-act.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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