Mantra 1

Sukta 24

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अपां भैषज्यम्। हिमवतः प्र स्रवन्ति सिन्धौ समह सङ्गमः । आपो ह मह्यं तद् देवीर्ददन् हृद्द्योतभेषजम्

IAST Transliteration

apā́ṃ bhaiṣajyám | himávataḥ prá sravanti síndhau samáha saṅgamáḥ | ā́po ha mahyáṃ tád devī́r dádān hṛ́ddyo­ta-bhaiṣajám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Waters’ remedy: from Himavant they stream forth; in Sindhu is their gathered meeting. Let the Waters, the Goddesses, give me that— the heart-illumining medicine.

Word by Word

• अपाम्: of the waters
• अपाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भैषज्यम्: medicine; healing remedy
• भैषज्यम्: कर्म (as ‘that which is given/obtained’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैषज्य (प्रातिपदिक) < भिषज्

• हि: indeed; for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• हिमवतः: from the हिमवत् (Himalaya)
• हिमवतः: अपादान
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: हिमवत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth; forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र

• स्रवन्ति: they flow
• स्रवन्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्रु (धातु)

• सिन्धौ: in/into the river (Sindhu); in the stream
• सिन्धौ: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together; completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• अह: (emphatic particle) indeed
• अह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अह

• सङ्गमः: confluence; meeting-place
• सङ्गमः: कर्तृ/विषय (as the stated ‘confluence’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक) < सम्+गम्

• आपः: the waters
• आपः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ह: indeed
• ह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• मह्यम्: to me
• मह्यम्: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• देवीः: the goddesses (divine ones)
• देवीः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक) < देव

• ददन्: giving
• ददन्: कर्तृ-विशेषण (agentive participle)
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: दा (धातु)

• हृद्द्योत: heart-illuminating
• हृद्द्योत: कर्म-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: हृद्द्योत (प्रातिपदिक) = हृत्/हृद् + द्योत

• भेषजम्: remedy; healing medicine
• भेषजम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज (प्रातिपदिक) < भिषज्

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anonymous healing unit)

Devata: Āpas (Waters) as Devīs

Chandas: Mixed/loosely Anuṣṭubh (Atharvanic prose-verse tendency; pāda lengths may vary)

Mantra Rasa

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