Atharva Veda 2.33.5: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 33, Mantra 5

Sukta 33

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऊ॒रुभ्यां॑ ते अष्ठी॒वद्भ्यां॒ पार्ष्णिभ्यां॒ प्रप॑दाभ्याम्। यक्ष्मं॑ भस॒द्यं॑१ श्रोणि॑भ्यां॒ भास॑दं॒ भंस॑सो॒ वि वृ॑हामि ते

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 2.33.5

IAST Transliteration

ūrúbhyā́m te aṣṭhīvádbhyā́m pārṣṇíbhyā́m prápadā́bhyām | yákṣmaṁ bhasadyàṁ śróṇibhyā́m bhā́sadaṁ bháṁsaso ví vṛhāmi te

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From thy thighs, from thy bony members, from thy heels, from thy fore-feet; the yakṣma, seated in the rump— from the hips, seated in the buttock-seat, from the buttocks—apart from thee I tear it out.

Translation

从你的大腿，从你那如骨节般坚硬的肢体，从你的脚跟，从你的前足——那盘踞于臀部的夜叉摩（yakṣma，痨病/消耗之疾），从髋部、从臀座、从两臀之处——我为你将它撕裂拔除，使之离开你。

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Word by Word

• ऊरुभ्याम्: from the thighs
• ऊरुभ्याम्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊरु (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• अष्ठीवद्भ्याम्: from the bony ones (i.e., bony thighs)
• अष्ठीवद्भ्याम्: अपादान
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्ठीवत् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; अष्ठी + वत्)

• पार्ष्णिभ्याम्: from the heels
• पार्ष्णिभ्याम्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्ष्णि (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रपदाभ्याम्: from the foreparts of the feet / from the forefeet
• प्रपदाभ्याम्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपद (प्रातिपदिक)

• यक्ष्मम्: the disease (yákṣma; wasting/consumption)
• यक्ष्मम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• भसद्यम्: the ailment ‘bhasadya’ (a specific disease)
• भसद्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: भसद्य (प्रातिपदिक; रोगविशेष-नाम)

• श्रोणिभ्याम्: from the hips
• श्रोणिभ्याम्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रोणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• भासदम्: the ailment ‘bhāsada’
• भासदम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: भासद (प्रातिपदिक; रोगविशेष-नाम)

• भंससः: of the buttocks / of the rump
• भंससः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भंसस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart, asunder, away
• वि: (क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• वृहामि: I tear out / I uproot
• वृहामि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृह् (वृहँ) ‘उन्मूलने/उच्छेदने’

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

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (yakṣma-bhaiṣajya cycle; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī traditions)

Devata: Yakṣma (as the affliction/demonic agent) and implicitly the healing power of Atharvanic speech

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV healing verses; this mantra conforms to the style though exact metrical scansion may be irregular)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta