Atharva Veda 2.33.3: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 33, Mantra 3

Sukta 33

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

हृद॑यात् ते॒ परि॑ क्लो॒म्नो हली॑क्ष्णात् पा॒र्श्वाभ्या॑म्। यक्ष्मं॒ मत॑स्नाभ्यां प्ली॒ह्नो य॒क्नस्ते॒ वि वृ॑हामसि

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.33.3

IAST Transliteration

hṛ́dayāt te pári klómno halī́kṣṇāt pārśvā́bhyām | yakṣmáṃ mátasnādhyāṃ plī́hno yáknas te ví vṛhāmasi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From thy heart, away from thee; from the klóman, from the hālīkṣṇa, from either flank— The yakṣma from the lower trunk, from the spleen, from thy liver, forth do we tear it out.

Translation

จากหัวใจของเจ้า—ให้ห่างออกไป; จากโกลมน์ (klóman), จากหาลีกษณะ (hālīkṣṇa), จากสีข้างทั้งสอง— เราฉีกถอนยักษฺมะ (yakṣma) ออกไปให้พ้น จากส่วนล่างของลำตัว จากม้าม จากตับของเจ้า

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Word by Word

• हृदयात्: from (your) heart
• हृदयात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around; away from
• परि: उपसर्ग/क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• क्लोम्नः: from the kloman (lung/‘midriff’ organ)
• क्लोम्नः: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्लोमन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• हलीक्ष्णात्: from the hālīkṣṇa (a bodily part; flank/side region)
• हलीक्ष्णात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: हलीक्ष्ण (प्रातिपदिक; anatomical term)

• पार्श्वाभ्याम्: by/with the two sides (flanks)
• पार्श्वाभ्याम्: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• यक्ष्मम्: consumption; wasting disease (yakṣma)
• यक्ष्मम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• मतस्नाभ्याम्: by/with the two matasnā (two sinews/cords; bodily parts)
• मतस्नाभ्याम्: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: मतस्ना (प्रातिपदिक; anatomical term)

• प्लीह्नः: from the spleen
• प्लीह्नः: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्लीहन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यक्नः: from the liver
• यक्नः: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: यकृत्/यकन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart; asunder; out
• वि: उपसर्ग/क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• वृहामसि: we tear out / uproot
• वृहामसि: क्रिया (कर्तृ: वयम् ‘we’ implied)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृह् (वृहूँ) ‘उन्मूलने/उच्छेदने’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras healing lineages; specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on anukramaṇī)

Devata: Bhaiṣajya/Apotropaic force against Yakṣma (the disease itself as adversary; healing power of mantra)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant healing-meter; verse shows anuṣṭubh-like cadence)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta