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Atharva Veda 9.8.2: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 2

Sukta 8

कर्णा॑भ्यां ते॒ कङ्कू॑षेभ्यः कर्णशू॒लं वि॒सल्पकम्। सर्वं॑ शीर्ष॒ण्यंऽ ते॒ रोगं॑ ब॒हिर्निर्म॑न्त्रयामहे

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 9.8.2

karṇā́bhyāṁ te kaṅkū́ṣebhyaḥ karṇaśūláṁ vísalpakaṁ | sárvaṁ śīrṣáṇyaṁ te rógaṁ bahír nírmantrayāmahe

From both thine ears, from the ear-passages, the ear-stabbing, the creeping-spreading malady—all thy cranial disease forth, outward, do we conjure away.

تیرے دونوں کانوں سے، کان کے راستوں سے، کان کی چبھن، پھیلنے والی بیماری, تیرا سارا سر کا روگ باہر، دور، ہم منتروں سے ہٹاتے ہیں۔

कर्णाभ्याम्from/through the two ears
कर्णाभ्याम्:
अपादान (यतः/यस्मात्—‘from the ears’)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you/your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
कङ्कूषेभ्यःfrom the kankūṣa-s (a body-part/appendage term in AV usage)
कङ्कूषेभ्यः:
अपादान (यतः/यस्मात्—‘from the kankūṣa-objects/parts’)
TypeNoun
Rootकङ्कूष (प्रातिपदिक)
कर्णशूलम्ear-ache, pain in the ear
कर्णशूलम्:
कर्म (object of removal/banishing)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्णशूल (समास-प्रातिपदिक: कर्ण + शूल)
विसल्पकम्a creeping/gnawing ailment (visalpaka)
विसल्पकम्:
कर्म (object of removal/banishing)
TypeNoun
Rootविसल्पक (प्रातिपदिक)
सर्वम्all
सर्वम्:
कर्म (object: ‘all’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
शीर्षण्यम्pertaining to the head
शीर्षण्यम्:
विशेषण (qualifier of रोगम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootशीर्षण्य (प्रातिपदिक; from शीर्षन् ‘head’)
तेof you/your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
रोगम्disease
रोगम्:
कर्म (object of मन्त्रयामहे)
TypeNoun
Rootरोग (प्रातिपदिक)
बहिःout, outside
बहिः:
अधिकारण (direction/goal with nir-)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootबहिः (अव्यय)
निःout, forth (as prefix ‘nir-’)
निः:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootनिः (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
मन्त्रयामहेwe charm away / we adjure (to depart)
मन्त्रयामहे:
क्रिया (we charm/adjure/banish)
TypeVerb
Rootमन्त्रय् (धातु; denominative from मन्त्र)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Healing power; roga as expellable adversary

Chandas: Virāḍ-Anuṣṭubh (hymn metrical profile per input)

Primary: shanta

Secondary: vira

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