Mantra 4

Sukta 24

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

श्यामा सरूपंकरणी पृथिव्या अध्युद्भृता । इदमू षु प्र साधय पुना रूपाणि कल्पय

IAST Transliteration

śyā́mā sarūpaṃkaraṇī pṛthivyā́ ádhy-udbhṛtā́ | idám ū́ ṣú prá sā́dhaya púnā rūpā́ṇi kalpaya

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Śyāmā, the Restorer of like-form, drawn up from Earth—this now do thou accomplish well: refashion once again the forms.

Word by Word

• श्यामा: the dark/black (plant/creeper), Śyāmā
• श्यामा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्याम (प्रातिपदिक)

• सरूपंकरणी: the ‘making (things) of like-form/beauty’ (name/epithet of the herb)
• सरूपंकरणी: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरूपंकरणी (प्रातिपदिक; स-रूपं-करणी)

• पृथिव्याः: of the earth
• पृथिव्याः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• अध्युद्भृता: drawn up/out (from), uprooted/raised
• अध्युद्भृता: कर्तृ (विशेषणम्) / कर्मणि-भावः
• Type: Participle/Adjective
• Root: उद्-√भृ (भृञ्) + अधि (उपसर्ग); क्त-प्रत्यय

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: कर्म (प्रसाधय इत्यस्य)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)

• ऊ: indeed/now (emphatic particle)
• ऊ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऊ (निपात)

• षु: just/indeed (emphatic particle)
• षु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: षु (निपात)

• प्र: forth, forward (intensifier)
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• साधय: accomplish, make effective, bring about
• साधय: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √साध् (साध्)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)

• रूपाणि: forms, appearances, beauty
• रूपाणि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)

• कल्पय: arrange, fashion, restore, make
• कल्पय: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कॢप् (कॢप्/कल्प्) (कारणार्थे)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer (traditionally assigned within the AV medicinal corpus; specific r̥ṣi attribution for 1.24 to be confirmed against Śaunaka anukramaṇī)

Devata: Oṣadhi (Śyāmā) / Pṛthivī-derived healing power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; to be verified by pada-count in metrical analysis)

Mantra Rasa

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