Mantra 3

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आपः पृणीत भेषजं वरूथं तन्वे३ मम । ज्योक् च सूर्यं दृशे

IAST Transliteration

ā́paḥ pṛṇīta bhéṣajaṁ varū́thaṁ tanvé mama | jyók ca sū́ryaṁ dṛśé ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ye Waters, fill ye in for me the medicament, the sheltering guard for my own body; and grant that I may long behold the Sun.

Word by Word

• आपः: waters (as deities), O Waters
• आपः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक) → आप्-

• पृणीत: bestow / fill (grant)
• पृणीत: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पॄ (पृणाति) ‘to fill, to bestow, to satisfy’

• भेषजम्: medicine, healing remedy
• भेषजम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज (प्रातिपदिक)

• वरूथम्: protection, shelter
• वरूथम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरूथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• तन्वे: for (my) body / for myself
• तन्वे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक) ‘body, person’

• मम: my
• मम: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ज्योक्: for a long time, continually
• ज्योक्: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ज्योक् (अव्यय)

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

• सूर्यम्: the sun
• सूर्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• दृशे: for seeing (to behold)
• दृशे: प्रयोजन (दत्तिवाचक) / सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun (verbal noun) / Infinitival-dative usage
• Root: √दृश् (द्रष्टुम्) ‘to see’ → दृश् (दर्शन) / ‘दृश्’ (स्त्री) as action-noun in Vedic usage

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (seer attribution varies by anukramaṇī; commonly Atharvan/Angirasic milieu for water-healing formulae)

Devata: Āpaḥ (Waters), with implicit Sūrya as life-witness and sign of recovery

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; short healing formula in common domestic meter)

Mantra Rasa

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