Mantra 3
Sukta 137
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
दृंह मूलमाग्रं यच्छ वि मध्यं यामयौषधे । केशा नडा इव वर्धन्तां शीर्ष्णस्ते असिताः परि
IAST Transliteration
dṛ́ṃha mūlám ā́graṃ yaccha ví mádhyaṃ yāmayauṣadhe | kéśā naḍā́ iva vardhantāṃ śīrṣṇás te asitā́ḥ pári ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Strengthen the root; hold fast the tip; lengthen well the middle, O herb: let thy hairs grow like reeds, dark and plentiful, round about thy head.
Word by Word
दृंहstrengthen; make firm
दृंह:
(predicate verb; governs कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootदृंह् (dhātu)
मूलम्the root
मूलम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootमूल (prātipadika)
आtowards; up (intensifier)
आ:
(upasarga; modifies verb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga)
अग्रम्the tip; the top
अग्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअग्र (prātipadika)
यच्छhold; restrain; keep
यच्छ:
(predicate verb; governs कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootयम् (dhātu)
विapart; fully; distinctly
वि:
(upasarga; modifies verb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (upasarga)
मध्यम्the middle
मध्यम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमध्य (prātipadika)
यामयextend/regulate (set in proper course)
यामय:
(predicate verb; governs कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootयम् (dhātu) (causative/denominative sense in Vedic: 'to make go/extend; to regulate')
औषधेO herb/plant
औषधे:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि (prātipadika)
केशाःhairs; hair-like shoots
केशाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootकेश (prātipadika)
नडाःreeds; hollow stalks
नडाः:
(upamāna; nominative in simile with इव)
TypeNoun
Rootनड (prātipadika)
इवlike; as
इव:
(upamā-dyotaka)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (nipāta)
वर्धन्ताम्let them grow/increase
वर्धन्ताम्:
(predicate verb; agrees with कर्तृ केशाः)
TypeVerb
Rootवृध् (dhātu)
शीर्ष्णःfrom the head
शीर्ष्णः:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootशीर्षन् (prātipadika)
तेof you; your
ते:
षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
असिyou are
असि:
(copula)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (dhātu)
सिताःwhite; bright
सिताः:
कर्तृ (as qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसित (prātipadika)
परिaround; all about
परि:
(kriyā-viśeṣaṇa)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (upasarga/avyaya)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous (hymn-level attribution varies)
Devata: Auṣadhi (the herb)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; confirm by scansion)
Mantra Rasa
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