Mantra 3

Sukta 106

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

हिमस्य त्वा जरायुणा शाले परि व्ययामसि । शीतह्रदा हि नो भुवोऽग्निष्कृणोतु भेषजम्

IAST Transliteration

himásya tvā jarā́yuṇā śā́le pári vyayāmasi | śītáhr̥dā hí no bhúvo ’gníṣ kr̥ṇotu bheṣajám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With the caul, within the dwelling, we wind thee round against the cold. Be thou for us, O chill of heart: let Agni make thee medicine.

Word by Word

• हिमस्य: of snow/cold
• हिमस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिम

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• जरायुना: with the afterbirth/placenta (membrane)
• जरायुना: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरायु

• शाले: in the hut/house
• शाले: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाला

• परि: around, all around
• परि: (क्रियाविशेषण; व्याप्ति/परितः)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb) / Adverb
• Root: परि

• व्ययामसि: we stretch/spread (out)
• व्ययामसि: कर्तृ (वयं)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् (यच्छति) + वि

• शीतह्रदा: having a cool/refreshing heart (cool-hearted)
• शीतह्रदा: कर्तृ (अग्निष्कृत्-सम्बद्ध विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: शीतह्रद

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: (सम्बोधन/हेतुवाचक बलार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• नः: for us / our
• नः: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (for us / of us, contextually beneficiary)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• भुवः: of well-being/existence
• भुवः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू

• अग्निष्कृणोतु: let the fire-maker (Agni) make/prepare
• अग्निष्कृणोतु: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: अग्निष्कृत् (अग्नि + √कृ) → √कृ (करोति)

• भेषजम्: medicine, remedy
• भेषजम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi not stated in the provided excerpt; to be verified from AVŚ anukramaṇī).

Devata: Agni (as healer-transformer) and the personified cold-affliction addressed/controlled.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; to be confirmed by metrical count in critical edition).

Mantra Rasa

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