Mantra 15

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आयमगन् युवा भिषक् पृश्निहापराजितः । स वै स्वजस्य जम्भन उभयोर्वृश्चिकस्य च

IAST Transliteration

ā́yam agan yúvā bhiṣák pṛśnihā́parājitaḥ | sá vái svajásya jámbhana ubháyor vṛ́ścikasya ca ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hither hath come the youthful leech, the Speckled-slayer, unconquered. Verily he is the crusher of the Svaja, and of both kinds of scorpion too.

Translation

少年的水蛭医者已至此处——“斑点之杀者”，不可战胜。诚然，他是斯瓦阇（Svaja）之粉碎者，也粉碎两类蝎子。

Word by Word

• आ: towards, hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• आयम्: this (one), he/it here
• आयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अगन्: came, arrived
• अगन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्

• युवा: the young one
• युवा: Kartā (apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: युवन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भिषक्: physician, healer
• भिषक्: Kartā (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिषज् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृश्निहा: slayer of the speckled one (name/epithet)
• पृश्निहा: Kartā (epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृश्नि-हन् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; हन् धातु)

• अपराजितः: unconquered, invincible
• अपराजितः: Kartā (epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-पराजित (प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वै: indeed
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात)

• स्वजस्य: of the kinsman/companion (svaja)
• स्वजस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वज (प्रातिपदिक)

• जम्भनः: crusher, paralysing agent
• जम्भनः: Kartā (predicate-noun: ‘is the crusher’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जम्भन (प्रातिपदिक; √जम्भ्/जभ् ‘to crush, paralyze’ से भाव/कर्तृ-नाम)

• उभयोः: of/between both
• उभयोः: Sambandha/Adhikaraṇa (context: ‘of/between both’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: उभ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वृश्चिकस्य: of the scorpion
• वृश्चिकस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृश्चिक (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (समुच्चय-अव्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (as per AV 10.4 anukramaṇī; not supplied in input)

Devata: Bhiṣaj (healing power) / Oṣadhi as healer

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)

Mantra Rasa

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