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Atharva Veda 12.2.14: Kanda 12, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 14

Sukta 2

संक॑सुको॒ विक॑सुको निरृ॒थो यश्च॑ निस्व॒रः । ते ते॒ यक्ष्मं॒ सवे॑दसो दू॒राद् दू॒रम॑नीनशन्

sáṅkasuko víkasuko nirṛ́tho yáś ca nísvaraḥ | té té yákṣmaṃ savédaso dūrā́d dūrám anīnaśan ||

Saṅkasuka, Vikasuka, Nirṛtha, and Nisvara—those, those knowing ones—have chased the yákṣma from afar to far away.

สังกะสุกะ วิกะสุกะ นิรฤถะ และนิสวะระ—ท่านเหล่านั้น ผู้รู้แจ้งทั้งหลาย—ได้ขับยักษฺมะ (yákṣma, โรค/ภูตโรค) จากที่ไกลให้ไกลออกไปยิ่งนัก

संकसुकःone who is ‘compressed/contracted’ (a kind of harmful being/condition)
संकसुकः:
कर्तृ (ते इति सर्वनामस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसंकसुक (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास) < सं- + कसुक
विकसुकःone who is ‘expanded/spread out’
विकसुकः:
कर्तृ (ते इति सर्वनामस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootविकसुक (प्रातिपदिक; समास) < वि- + कसुक
निरृत्थःbringing misfortune/ruin; destructive
निरृत्थः:
कर्तृ (ते इति सर्वनामस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootनिरृत्थ (प्रातिपदिक; समास) < निर्- + ऋत्थ/अर्थ
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
निस्वरःsoundless/voiceless; without tone
निस्वरः:
कर्तृ (यः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootनिस्वर (प्रातिपदिक; समास) < नि(स्)- + स्वर
तेthey
ते:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेthose (indeed)
ते:
कर्तृ (पूर्वपदस्य पुनरुक्ति/समुच्चय-बलार्थम्)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यक्ष्मम्consumption/disease (yakṣma)
यक्ष्मम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
सवेदसःhaving knowledge/skill; knowing (the remedy/rite)
सवेदसः:
कर्तृ (ते इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास) < स- + वेदस्
दूरात्from afar
दूरात्:
अपादान (वियोग-स्थानम्)
TypeIndeclinable (ablatival form used adverbially)
Rootदूर (प्रातिपदिक)
दूरम्far away
दूरम्:
अधिकारण/दिशा-परिमाण (गत्यर्थे क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeIndeclinable (accusative used adverbially)
Rootदूर (प्रातिपदिक)
अनीनशन्they drove away/banished
अनीनशन्:
क्रिया (कर्तृ: ते…सवेदसः; कर्म: यक्ष्मम्)
TypeVerb
Rootनी (धातु) with reduplication: अ-नी-नश् (causative/iterative sense in Vedic usage)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Apotropaic powers allied to Agni; yákṣma as the adversary

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta

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