Mantra 1

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ओषधयः। १२ पञ्चपदा विराडतिशक्वरी, १४ उपरिष्टान्निचृद् बृहती, २६ निचृत्, २८ भुरिक्। या बभ्रवो याश्च शुक्रा रोहिणीरुत पृश्नयः । असिक्नीः कृष्णा ओषधीः सर्वा अच्छावदामसि

IAST Transliteration

yā́ babhrávo yā́ś ca śukrā́ róhiṇīr utá pṛ́śnayaḥ | asíknīḥ kṛṣṇā́ óṣadhīḥ sárvā ácchā́ vadāmasi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ye herbs that are brown, and ye that gleam in white, ye ruddy ones, and ye of speckled hue; ye dark, ye black—O all ye healing plants, to you we speak, inviting you draw near.

Translation

হে ঔষধিগণ—যারা বাদামি, যারা শ্বেত-দীপ্ত; যারা রোহিণী (লালাভ), আর যারা চিতাবর্ণ; যারা অসিক্নী (গাঢ়), যারা কৃষ্ণা (কালো)—হে সকল চিকিৎসক ঔষধি, আমরা তোমাদের আহ্বান করি; নিকটে এসো।

Word by Word

• या: which (fem. pl.)
• या: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → या-

• बभ्रवः: brown (ones)
• बभ्रवः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बभ्रु (प्रातिपदिक)

• याः: which (fem. pl.)
• याः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → या-

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• शुक्राः: bright/white (ones)
• शुक्राः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• रोहिणीः: the ‘Rohiṇī’ (reddish) herbs
• रोहिणीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोहिणी (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत: and also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• पृश्नयः: speckled/variegated (ones)
• पृश्नयः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृश्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• असिक्नीः: dark/blackish (ones)
• असिक्नीः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असिक्नी (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृष्णाः: black (ones)
• कृष्णाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• ओषधीः: herbs/plants
• ओषधीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वाः: all (fem. pl.)
• सर्वाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• अच्छा: hither; towards (us)
• अच्छा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अच्छा

• वदामसि: we speak/call
• वदामसि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वद् (वदति) भाषणे

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often associated with Bhṛgu/Angiras lineages in herb materials; exact anukramaṇī assignment varies)

Devata: Oṣadhayaḥ (Herbs) personified

Chandas: Mixed meters in the hymn per tradition; this verse commonly treated as a lyric in a triṣṭubh/jagatī-family environment, but exact chandas should be verified against padapāṭha/anukramaṇī.

Mantra Rasa

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