Mantra 10

Sukta 31

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उदायुषा समायुषोदोषधीनां रसेन । व्य१हं सर्वेण पाप्मना वि यक्ष्मेण समायुषा

IAST Transliteration

úd ā́yuṣā samā́yuṣód óṣadhīnāṃ rásena | vy àháṃ sárveṇa pā́pmanā ví yákṣmeṇa samā́yuṣā ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Up with thy life, with full life—up with the sap of herbs. I drive away, with all malignity, the wasting sickness, and (set thee) with a full term of life.

Translation

உன் ஆயுள் எழுக—சமாயு (முழு ஆயுள்) உடன் எழுக; மூலிகைகளின் ரசம் (சாரம்) உடன் எழுக. எல்லாப் பாப்மன் உடனும் யக்ஷ்மாவை நான் விரட்டுகிறேன்; (உன்னை) சமாயுவில் நிலைநிறுத்துகிறேன்.

Word by Word

उदायु॑षाwith (renewed/raised) life-span

समायु॒षाwith full/complete life-span

उद्up, out (preverb)

ओषधीनाम्of the herbs

रसेनwith the juice/essence

विapart, away (preverb)

अहम्I

सर्वेणwith all, with the whole

पाप्मनाwith sin/evil (all evil)

विaway (preverb)

यक्ष्मेणwith disease/consumption

समायु॑षाwith full/complete life-span

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic (variable anukramaṇī).

Devata: Oṣadhis/Āyus (healing agencies), opposed to yakṣma.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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