Mantra 24

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तौदी नामासि कन्याऽघृताची नाम वा असि । अधस्पदेन ते पदमा ददे विषदूषणम्

IAST Transliteration

taudī́ nā́māsi kanyā́’ghṛtācī́ nā́ma vā́ asi | adhaḥpadéna te padám ā́ dade viṣadū́ṣaṇam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Taudī by name thou art, a maiden; ‘Unghṛtācī’ by name, forsooth, thou art. With the lower step I set for thee a station—poison-spoiling, poison-destroying.

Word by Word

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इति: thus (quotative)
• इति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (निपात)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (निपात) / नामन् (न.)

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• कन्या: a maiden, girl
• कन्या: Kartā (of ‘असि’) / सम्बोधनार्थे नामनिर्देशः
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (स्त्री.)

• अघृताची: not anointed with ghee (un-ghee-smeared)
• अघृताची: Kartā (as apposition/attribute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-घृत-आची (बहुव्रीहि-प्रातिपदिक) < आच्/अञ्च् ‘to smear/anoint’ (कृदन्त-आधार) + घृत

• नाम: by name
• नाम: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (निपात) / नामन् (न.)

• वा: or / indeed
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (निपात)

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• अधः: below, down
• अधः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधस्/अधः (अव्यय)

• पदेन: with (the) foot / by a step
• पदेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (न.)

• ते: for you / your
• ते: Sampradāna (हितार्थे ‘for you’) / सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पदम्: a step; a footing; a place
• पदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (न.)

• आ: towards, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• ददे: I give / I have given
• ददे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) — ‘to give’

• विषदूषणम्: poison-removing (remedy/means)
• विषदूषणम्: Karma (as appositive to ‘पदम्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषदूषण (न.) < विष ‘poison’ + दूषण ‘removing/repelling’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (as per Anukramaṇī lists for AV 10.4).

Devata: Taudī / Aghṛtācī as personified antidote; functionally the ‘viṣadūṣaṇa’ power.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approximate; pāda-length suggests anuṣṭubh-style).

Mantra Rasa

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