Mantra 1

Sukta 44

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

रोगनाशनम्। अस्थाद् द्यौरस्थात् पृथिव्यस्थाद् विश्वमिदं जगत्। अस्थुर्वृक्षा ऊर्ध्वस्वप्नास्तिष्ठाद् रोगो अयं तव

IAST Transliteration

ásthād dyáur ásthāt pṛthivī́ ásthād víśvam idáṃ jágat | ásthur vṛkṣā́ ūrdhvásvapnā́s tíṣṭhād rogó ayáṃ táva ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Heaven stood fast, Earth stood fast, and all this moving world stood fast; the trees stood, sleepers with their tops aloft: so let this disease of thine stand fixed (and cease to roam).

Word by Word

• अस्थात्: stood up / arose
• अस्थात्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)

• द्यौः: the sky (heaven)
• द्यौः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्थात्: stood up / arose
• अस्थात्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)

• पृथिवी: the earth
• पृथिवी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्थात्: stood up / arose
• अस्थात्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)

• विश्वम्: all; the whole
• विश्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जगत्: moving world; creation
• जगत्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्थुः: stood up / arose
• अस्थुः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)

• वृक्षाः: trees
• वृक्षाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊर्ध्वस्वप्नाः: having sleep above; (i.e.) with tops aloft / upward-resting
• ऊर्ध्वस्वप्नाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्ध्व-स्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक; समासः)

• तिष्ठात्: let (it) stand; may (it) remain
• तिष्ठात्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)

• रोगः: disease
• रोगः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तव: of you; your
• तव: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here)

Devata: Roga (disease) as addressed entity; cosmic order as supporting power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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