{
  "id": "rigveda/10.97.11",
  "url": "https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.97.11/",
  "work": {
    "key": "rigveda",
    "title": "Ṛgveda Saṃhitā"
  },
  "ref": "10.97.11",
  "speaker": "Addressed to Praise of Healing Plants",
  "sanskrit": {
    "text": "यदि॒मा वा॒जय॑न्न॒हमोष॑धी॒र्हस्त॑ आद॒धे ।\nआ॒त्मा यक्ष्म॑स्य नश्यति पु॒रा जी॑व॒गृभो॑ यथा ॥",
    "script": "Deva",
    "accented": true
  },
  "transliteration": {
    "text": "yád imā́ vājáyann ahám óṣadhīr hásta ādadhé |\nātmā́ yákṣmasya naśyati purā́ jīvagŕ̥bho yathā ||",
    "scheme": "IAST"
  },
  "words": [
    {
      "word": "yat",
      "meaning": "when",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "imāḥ",
      "meaning": "these",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "vājayan",
      "meaning": "saying (singing), praising",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "aham",
      "meaning": "I",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "oṣadhīḥ",
      "meaning": "plants",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "haste",
      "meaning": "in the hand",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ādadhe",
      "meaning": "I take up, I hold",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ātmā",
      "meaning": "the life-breath, the soul",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "yakṣmasya",
      "meaning": "of the wasting disease",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "naśyati",
      "meaning": "perishes",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "purā",
      "meaning": "before, earlier",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "jīvagṛbhaḥ",
      "meaning": "from the one who holds onto life",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "yathā",
      "meaning": "as",
      "lang": "en"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "hi",
      "text": "जब मैं इन औषधियों को हाथ में लेकर उनका गुणगान करता हूँ, तब यक्ष्मा (क्षयरोग) का प्राण नष्ट हो जाता है—जैसे जीवन को पकड़े रहने वाले से पहले ही (वह नष्ट हो जाता है)।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ta",
      "text": "நான் இந்த மூலிகைகளைக் கையில் எடுத்து அவற்றைப் புகழ்ந்து பாடும்போது, யக்ஷ்மா (நுகர்வு நோய்) உயிர் அழிகிறது—உயிரைப் பற்றிக்கொண்டிருப்பவனிடமிருந்து முன்பே போய்விடுவது போல.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "te",
      "text": "నేను ఈ ఓషధులను చేతిలోకి తీసుకొని వాటిని స్తుతించినప్పుడు, యక్ష్మ (క్షయ) ప్రాణం నశిస్తుంది—జీవితాన్ని పట్టుకుని ఉన్నవాని నుండి ముందే (అది నశించినట్లు).",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "kn",
      "text": "ನಾನು ಈ ಓಷಧಿಗಳನ್ನು ಕೈಯಲ್ಲಿ ಎತ್ತಿಕೊಂಡು ಅವುಗಳನ್ನು ಸ್ತುತಿಸಿದಾಗ, ಯಕ್ಷ್ಮ (ಕ್ಷಯ) ರೋಗದ ಪ್ರಾಣ ನಾಶವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ—ಜೀವವನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿದಿರುವವನಿಂದ ಮೊದಲೇ (ಅದು ನಾಶವಾಗುವಂತೆ).",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ml",
      "text": "ഞാൻ ഈ ഔഷധികളെ കയ്യിലെടുത്ത് അവയെ സ്തുതിക്കുമ്പോൾ, യക്ഷ്മത്തിന്റെ (ക്ഷയരോഗത്തിന്റെ) ജീവൻ നശിക്കുന്നു—ജീവനെ മുറുകെപ്പിടിച്ചവനിൽനിന്ന് മുമ്പേ എന്നപോലെ.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "bn",
      "text": "আমি যখন এই ওষধিগুলিকে হাতে তুলে তাদের গুণগান করি, তখন যক্ষ্মার (ক্ষয়রোগের) প্রাণ বিনষ্ট হয়—যেমন জীবনকে ধরে রাখা ব্যক্তির আগেই।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "mr",
      "text": "मी या औषधी हातात घेऊन त्यांची स्तुती करतो तेव्हा यक्ष्माचा (क्षयरोगाचा) प्राण नष्ट होतो—जीवाला धरून असलेल्या माणसाच्या आधीच (तो नष्ट होतो) तसे.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "gu",
      "text": "હું આ ઓષધિઓને હાથમાં લઈને તેમની સ્તુતિ કરું છું ત્યારે યક્ષ્મા (ક્ષયરોગ)નો પ્રાણ નાશ પામે છે—જીવને પકડી રાખનારના કરતાં પહેલાં જ (તે નાશ પામે) તેમ.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pa",
      "text": "ਮੈਂ ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਔਸ਼ਧੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਹੱਥ ਵਿੱਚ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਜਦੋਂ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ, ਤਾਂ ਯਕ੍ਸ਼ਮਾ (ਖਿਆਈ ਰੋਗ) ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਾਣ ਨਾਸ਼ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ—ਜਿਵੇਂ ਜੀਵਨ ਨੂੰ ਫੜੀ ਰੱਖਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "or",
      "text": "ମୁଁ ଏହି ଔଷଧିମାନଙ୍କୁ ହାତରେ ଧରି ସେମାନଙ୍କର ପ୍ରଶଂସା କରିବା ବେଳେ, ଯକ୍ଷ୍ମା (କ୍ଷୟ ରୋଗ)ର ପ୍ରାଣ ନଷ୍ଟ ହୁଏ—ଜୀବନକୁ ଧରି ରଖିଥିବା ଲୋକଠାରୁ ପୂର୍ବରୁ ଯେପରି।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ur",
      "text": "میں جب ان جڑی بوٹیوں کو ہاتھ میں لے کر ان کی ستائش کرتا ہوں، تو یکشما (دق) کی جان ہلاک ہو جاتی ہے—جیسے زندگی کو تھامے رکھنے والے سے پہلے ہی۔",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "text": "When I take these healing plants in my hand and praise them, the life-breath of the wasting disease perishes—as if before one who holds onto life.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "text": "Cuando tomo estas hierbas en la mano y las alabo, el aliento vital de la consunción perece, como antes que quien aún se aferra a la vida.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "fr",
      "text": "Lorsque je prends ces plantes dans ma main et que je les loue, le souffle vital de la consomption périt — comme avant celui qui s'accroche à la vie.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "de",
      "text": "Wenn ich diese Kräuter in die Hand nehme und sie preise, vergeht der Lebenshauch der Auszehrung – wie vor dem, der am Leben festhält.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pt",
      "text": "Quando tomo estas ervas na mão e as louvo, o sopro vital da consunção perece — como se antes daquele que se agarra à vida.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ru",
      "text": "Когда я беру эти травы в руку и восхваляю их, дыхание жизни чахоточной болезни гибнет — будто прежде того, кто держится за жизнь.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "zh",
      "text": "当我手持这些草药并赞颂它们时，消耗之病的生命之气便会消亡——仿佛先于那紧抓生命之人。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ja",
      "text": "私がこれらの薬草を手に取って讃えるとき、消耗病（ヤクシュマ）の生命の息は滅びる——生命にしがみつく者より先に。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ar",
      "text": "حين آخذُ هذه الأعشاب بيدي وأمدحُها، تهلكُ روحُ داءِ الذبول — كأنها قبل من يتشبث بالحياة.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "id",
      "text": "Ketika aku mengambil tumbuhan obat ini di tangan dan memujinya, nyawa penyakit wasting (yakṣma) binasa—seperti sebelum orang yang masih berpegang pada hidup.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "th",
      "text": "เมื่อข้าพเจ้าจับพืชสมุนไพรเหล่านี้ไว้ในมือ และสรรเสริญท่าน ลมหายใจของโรคพิษไข้ย่อมพินาศ ดุจผู้ยึดถือชีวิตไว้มาก่อนแล้ว",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    }
  ],
  "commentary": [],
  "source": {
    "edition": "Ṛgveda Saṃhitā, accented text and word analysis of the University of Zurich, via VedaWeb (University of Cologne)",
    "license": "CC BY 4.0"
  },
  "topics": [
    "healing-plants",
    "disease",
    "consumption",
    "prayer"
  ],
  "citation": "Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 10.97.11. Vedyatra, https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/10.97.11/"
}