Mantra 23

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यन्मातली रथक्रीतममृतं वेद भेषजम्। तदिन्द्रो अप्सु प्रावेशयत् तदापो दत्त भेषजम्

IAST Transliteration

yán mātálī rathakrītám amṛ́taṃ véda bheṣajám | tád índro apsú prā́veśayat tád ā́po datta bheṣajám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

That medicine which Mātali knoweth—immortal, purchased with a chariot—this Indra caused to enter into the Waters: that medicine, O Waters, bestow ye here.

Word by Word

• यत्: which/that (relative)
• यत्: Karma (यत्…तत् = ‘that which…that’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मातली: Mātali (Indra’s charioteer)
• मातली: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: मातलि- (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य सारथि-नाम)

• रथक्रीतम्: the chariot-procured/obtained (thing)
• रथक्रीतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Noun-like
• Root: रथक्रीत- (प्रातिपदिक; रथ + क्रीत ‘bought/obtained’)

• अमृतम्: nectar; deathless (substance)
• अमृतम्: Karma (वेद्-क्रियायाः विषयः) / apposition to भेषजम्
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत- (प्रातिपदिक)

• वेद: knows
• वेद: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)

• भेषजम्: remedy; medicine
• भेषजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज- (प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अप्सु: in the waters
• अप्सु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘waters’)

• प्रावेशयत्: caused (it) to enter; introduced
• प्रावेशयत्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb (causative)
• Root: प्र + आवेशय (णिजन्त; धातु: विश् ‘to enter’ → आवेशयति ‘causes to enter’)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आपः: the waters
• आपः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘waters’)

• दत्त: give; bestow
• दत्त: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb (participle used as finite/imperatival in Vedic) / Kṛdanta
• Root: दा (धातु) → दत्त (कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय)

• भेषजम्: remedy; medicine
• भेषजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज- (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Indra; Āpaḥ (Waters) as healing deities; Bheṣaja as quasi-personified potency

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)

Mantra Rasa

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