Atharva Veda 9.8.10: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 10

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आसो॑ ब॒लासो॒ भव॑तु॒ मूत्रं॑ भवत्वा॒मय॑त्। यक्ष्मा॑णां॒ सर्वे॑षां वि॒षं निर॑वोचम॒हं त्वत्

IAST Transliteration

ā́só balā́só bhávatu mū́traṃ bhavatv-ā́mayát | yákṣmāṇā́ṃ sárveṣāṃ víṣaṃ nír avocam aháṃ tvát ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let this balāsa, this phlegm, become urine; let it, from disease, be turned thereto. From thee I have spoken forth the poison of all the yakṣmās.

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Word by Word

• आसः: the mouths (openings)
• आसः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस (प्रातिपदिक) / आसु (वैकल्पिक व्युत्पत्तिः)

• बलासः: phlegm, mucus
• बलासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलास (प्रातिपदिक)

• भवतु: let it become
• भवतु: (विधेय-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू

• मूत्रम्: urine
• मूत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• भवतु: let it become
• भवतु: (विधेय-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू

• आमयत्: disease, illness
• आमयत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आमय (प्रातिपदिक) / √अम् (व्याधौ) (वैकल्पिक)

• यक्ष्माणाम्: of consumptions/diseases (yakṣma)
• यक्ष्माणाम्: (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विषम्: poison, venom
• विषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष (प्रातिपदिक)

• निरवोचम्: I have uttered/expelled (by speech)
• निरवोचम्: (विधेय-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर् + √वच्

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम)

• त्वत्: from you
• त्वत्: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (yakṣma-bhaiṣajya cycle; specific ṛṣi attribution varies in ancillary lists)

Devata: Bhaiṣajya/Apotropaic force against Yakṣma (disease-personification)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV healing charms; refrain-driven)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira