Mantra 11

Sukta 15

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शतं च मे सहस्रं चापवक्तार ओषधे । ऋतजात ऋतावरि मधु मे मधुला करः

IAST Transliteration

śatáṃ ca mé sahásraṃ cāpavaktā́ra oṣadhe | ṛtájāta ṛtā́vari mádhu me madhulā́ karáḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

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

Translation

مئةٌ لي، وألفٌ 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

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• मे: for me / to me; my
• मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सहस्रम्: a thousand
• सहस्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• अपवक्तारः: repellers/warders-off; those who speak away (i.e., avert)
• अपवक्तारः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: अप-वक्तृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √वच् ‘वदने’ + तृ)

• ओषधे: O herb/plant
• ओषधे: —
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: ओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋतजात: born of ṛta (cosmic order/truth)
• ऋतजात: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋत-जात (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋतावरि: protecting/covering with ṛta; ṛta-guarding
• ऋतावरि: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋत-आवरी (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• मधु: honey; sweetness
• मधु: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: for me / to me; my
• मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मधुला: sweet; honeyed
• मधुला: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुल (प्रातिपदिक)

• करः: hand (i.e., the applying hand)
• करः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Oṣadhi

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

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