Mantra 1

Sukta 74

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

गण्डमालाचिकित्सा। अपचितां लोहिनीनां कृष्णा मातेति शुश्रुम । मुनेर्देवस्य मूलेन सर्वा विध्यामि ता अहम्

IAST Transliteration

apacitā́ṃ lóhinīnām kṛ́ṣṇā mātéti śuśrúma | munér devásya mū́lena sárvā vidhyāmi tā́ ahám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Of the red swellings, men say, ‘Black is the mother’: so have we heard. With the root of the divine Sage I cleave them all asunder, even those swellings.

Translation

(Phép trị ganda-mālā—u bướu/sưng hạch.) Về những chỗ sưng đỏ ấy, người ta nói: “Đen là mẹ”, chúng tôi cũng đã nghe vậy. Với rễ của vị Muni thần thánh, tôi chẻ toạc tất cả chúng—mọi chỗ sưng ấy, tôi đều phá trừ.

Word by Word

अपचिताम्of the अपचिति (glandular swelling/‘apacī’ disease) [cases]

लोहिनीनााम्of the ‘red’ (lोहिनी) [ones/lesions]

कृष्णाKṛṣṇā (the ‘black’ one; a plant/medicine-name)

माताmother

इतिthus

शुश्रुमwe have heard

मुनेःof the sage

देवस्यof the god/divine one

मूलेनwith/by the root

सर्वाःall (of them)

विध्यामिI pierce/strike (i.e., destroy/remove)

ताःthose (them)

अहम्I

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic healer tradition (specific r̥ṣi not given in supplied excerpt).

Devata: Medicinal root / Kṛṣṇā (as plant-power) / healing efficacy personified.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; two 8-syllable pādas per half-verse in typical AV style).

Mantra Rasa

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