Mantra 3

Sukta 102

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आञ्जनस्य मदुघस्य कुष्ठस्य नलदस्य च । तुरो भगस्य हस्ताभ्यामनुरोधनमुद् भरे

IAST Transliteration

ā́ñjanasya madúghasya kúṣṭhasya náladasya ca | turó bhágasya hástābhyām anuródhanam úd bhare ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

From Añjana, honey-yielding, from Kuṣṭha and from Nalada withal, with both my hands I bring forth the winning-charm—swift, Bhaga’s own—for compliance and consent.

Word by Word

• आञ्जनस्य: of collyrium / of an ointment (añjana)
• आञ्जनस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आञ्जन (प्रातिपदिक) < अञ्ज् (धातु) / अञ्जन- (n.)

• मदुघस्य: of the honey-yielding (plant/herb)
• मदुघस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: मदुघ (प्रातिपदिक, विशेषण) < मदु + घ (घञ्/घक्-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘honey-yielding’)

• कुष्ठस्य: of kuṣṭha (costus herb)
• कुष्ठस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) (a medicinal herb; costus)

• नलदस्य: of nalada (fragrant herb)
• नलदस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नलद (प्रातिपदिक) (a fragrant plant; spikenard/nalada)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• तुरः: the swift/overcoming one
• तुरः: कर्तृ (उद्भरे इत्यस्य)
• Type: Adjective (substantive)
• Root: तुर (प्रातिपदिक/विशेषण) ‘swift/overcoming’; here as a divine epithet

• भगस्य: of Bhaga (the deity of fortune)
• भगस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun (proper/common)
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक) (Bhaga, a deity of fortune/share)

• हस्ताभ्याम्: with (both) hands
• हस्ताभ्याम्: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनुरोधनम्: a propitiation / winning-over / conciliatory charm
• अनुरोधनम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुरोधन (प्रातिपदिक) < अनु + रुध् (धातु) + ल्युट्/घञ् (action-noun)

• उद्: up, out (preverb)
• उद्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: उद् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• भरे: I bring forth / I carry out
• भरे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (धातु) ‘to bear, bring, carry’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer-tradition

Devata: Bhaga (fortune/portion) and the anurōdhana-charm as operative power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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