Rig Veda · Mandala 10 · Sukta 163
Rig Veda 10.163 — HYMN CLXIII
Rishi family (Mandala 10): Many seers — generally considered latest in composition. This Sukta contains 6 verses presented below in Devanagari Sanskrit, IAST romanisation, and Ralph T. H. Griffith's English translation. Click any verse to read a fuller explanation.
Verses
Rig Veda 10.163.1
अक्षीभ्यां ते नासिकाभ्यां कर्णाभ्यां छुबुकादधि | यक्ष्मं शीर्षण्यं मस्तिष्काज्जिह्वाया वि वर्हामि ते
akṣībhyāṃ te nāsikābhyāṃ karṇābhyāṃ chubukādadhi | yakṣmaṃ śīrṣaṇyaṃ mastiṣkājjihvāyā vi vṛhāmi te
Rig Veda 10.163.2
गरीवाभ्यस्त उष्णिहाभ्यः कीकसाभ्यो अनूक्यात | यक्ष्मं दोषण्यमंसाभ्यां बाहुभ्यां वि वर्हामि ते
ghrīvābhyasta uṣṇihābhyaḥ kīkasābhyo anūkyāt | yakṣmaṃ doṣaṇyamaṃsābhyāṃ bāhubhyāṃ vi vṛhāmi te
From the neck-tendons and the neck, from the breast-bones and from the spine, From shoulders, upper, lower arms, I drive thy malady away.
Rig Veda 10.163.3
आन्त्रेभ्यस्ते गुदाभ्यो वनिष्ठोर्ह्र्दयादधि | यक्ष्मम्मतस्नाभ्यां यक्नः पलाशिभ्यो वि वर्हामि ते
āntrebhyaste ghudābhyo vaniṣṭhorhṛdayādadhi | yakṣmammatasnābhyāṃ yaknaḥ plāśibhyo vi vṛhāmi te
From viscera and all within, forth from the rectum, from the heart, From kidneys, liver, and from spleen, I drive thy malady away.
Rig Veda 10.163.4
ऊरुभ्यां ते अष्ठीवद्भ्यां पार्ष्णिभ्यां परपदाभ्याम | यक्ष्मं शरोणिभ्यां भासदाद भंससो वि वर्हामि ते
ūrubhyāṃ te aṣṭhīvadbhyāṃ pārṣṇibhyāṃ prapadābhyām | yakṣmaṃ śroṇibhyāṃ bhāsadād bhaṃsaso vi vṛhāmi te
From thighs, from knee-caps, and from heels, and from the forepart of the feet, From hips from stomach, and from groin I drive thy malady away.
Rig Veda 10.163.5
मेहनाद वनंकरणाल लोमभ्यस्ते नखेभ्यः | यक्ष्मंसर्वस्मादात्मनस्तमिदं वि वर्हामि ते
mehanād vanaṃkaraṇāl lomabhyaste nakhebhyaḥ | yakṣmaṃsarvasmādātmanastamidaṃ vi vṛhāmi te
From what is voided from within, and from thy hair, and from they nails, From all thyself from top to toe, I drive thy malady away.
Rig Veda 10.163.6
अङगाद-अङगाल लोम्नो-लोम्नो जातं पर्वणि-पर्वणि | यक्ष्मंसर्वस्मादात्मनस्तमिदं वि वर्हामि ते
aṅghād-aṅghāl lomno-lomno jātaṃ parvaṇi-parvaṇi | yakṣmaṃsarvasmādātmanastamidaṃ vi vṛhāmi te
From every member, every hair, disease that comes in every joint, From all thyself, from top to toe, I drive thy malady away.
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