Mantra 10

Sukta 15

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दश च मे शतं च मे ऽपवक्तार ओषधे । ऋतजात ऋतावरि मधु मे मधुला करः

IAST Transliteration

daśá ca mé śatáṃ ca mé ’pavaktā́ra oṣadhe | ṛtájāta ṛtā́vari mádhu me madhulā́ karáḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ten for me, and a hundred for me—O Herb—(be thou) the repellers. Born of Ṛta, O Ṛta-covering one: make for me sweetness, make (all) honeyed.

Translation

عَشرٌ لي، ومئةٌ لي—يا أُوشَذِي (العُشبة)—كوني دافِعاتٍ طارداتٍ (أپَوَفَكتارَ). يا مولودةً من رِتا (Ṛta)، يا ساترةَ رِتا (ṛtāvarī): اجعلي لي حلاوةً؛ واجعلي (كلَّ شيء) مُعسَّلًا.

Word by Word

• दश: ten
• दश: विशेषण (संख्याविशेषण) — ‘मे’ इत्यस्य/अर्थस्य सह
• Type: Noun (Numeral)
• Root: दशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• मे: of me / my
• मे: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: विशेष्य/कर्म (contextual: ‘a hundred (things/units)’)
• Type: Noun (Numeral)
• Root: शत (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• मे: of me / my
• मे: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• अपवक्तारः: repellers / those who ward off (evil, disease)
• अपवक्तारः: कर्तृ (they as agents)
• Type: Noun (Agent)
• Root: अपवक्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; √वच् ‘वद्/वच्’ + तृ; उपसर्ग: अप)

• ओषधे: O herb / O medicinal plant
• ओषधे: सम्बोधन (addressed entity)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋतजात: born of ṛta (cosmic order/truth)
• ऋतजात: विशेषण (of the addressed herb)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋतजात (कृदन्त/समास; ऋत + जात, √जन् ‘to be born’)

• ऋतावरि: truth-guarding / rich in ṛta
• ऋतावरि: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋतावरी (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री. विशेषण)

• मधु: honey; sweetness
• मधु: कर्म/विधेय (contextual: ‘sweetness/honey’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: for me / my
• मे: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• मधुला: honeyed, sweet
• मधुला: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुल (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sweet, honeyed’)

• करः: hand
• करः: कर्तृ (the ‘hand’ as agent; or subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Oṣadhi (Herb)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

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