Mantra 1

Sukta 16

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अक्षिरोगभैषजम्। ३ बृहतीगर्भा ककुम्मत्यनुष्टुप्, ४ त्रिपदा प्रतिष्ठा। आबयो अनाबयो रसस्त उग्र आबयो । आ ते करम्भमद्मसि

IAST Transliteration

ā́bayo anā́bayo rásas te ugrá ā́bayo | ā́ te karambhám admasi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Ābaya, O harmless Anābaya—thy sap is fierce in power, O Ābaya. Hither for thee we eat the karambha-mixture.

Word by Word

• आ: towards; hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / आ (अव्यय)

• अब्यः: from the serpent (abi)
• अब्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अबि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनाब्यः: from the non-serpent / from the harmless one
• अनाब्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनाबि (प्रातिपदिक)

• रसः: juice; sap; essence
• रसः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you; your
• ते: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उग्रः: fierce; potent
• उग्रः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards; hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / आ (अव्यय)

• अब्यः: from the serpent
• अब्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अबि (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards; unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / आ (अव्यय)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• करम्भम्: gruel; porridge (a food-preparation)
• करम्भम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: करम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अद्मसि: we eat; we partake
• अद्मसि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अद् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often anonymous/Angiras-type attribution in AV medical hymns)

Devata: Bhaiṣajya (healing power) personified as Ābaya/Anābaya; implicitly the medicinal ‘rasa’

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (with Atharvanic irregularities noted in some recensions)

Mantra Rasa

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