Mantra 3
Sukta 57
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
शं च नो मयश्च नो मा च नः किं चनाममत्। क्षमा रपो विश्वं नो अस्तु भेषजं सर्वं नो अस्तु भेषजम्
IAST Transliteration
śáṃ ca no máyaś ca no mā́ ca naḥ kíṃ ca ná amamat | kṣámā rápó víśvaṃ no astu bheṣajáṃ sárvaṃ no astu bheṣajám
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Weal be to us, and joy be to us; and let not anything at all harm us. Earth and the Waters—let all be remedy to us; let all, without exception, be remedy to us.
Word by Word
शम्well-being; auspiciousness
शम्:
Karma
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) / √शम् (शमुँ) ‘शमने’ (अर्थ-आधार)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
नःfor us; of us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
मयःdelight; refreshment; welfare
मयः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
नःfor us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
माdo not; let not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
नःto/for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
किम्anything; something (harmful)
किम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
नामat all; indeed
नाम:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम
मत्intended/approved (here: any such thing)
मत्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Root√मन् (मनँ) ‘ज्ञाने/मनने’ → मत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, ‘मत’)
क्षमाforbearance; patience; (also) the earth
क्षमा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootक्षमा (प्रातिपदिक)
रपःdefect; harm; disease/affliction
रपः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वम्all; entire
विश्वम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
अस्तुmay it be
अस्तु:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (असँ) ‘भुवि’
भेषजम्medicine; remedy
भेषजम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभेषज (प्रातिपदिक)
सर्वम्all
सर्वम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
अस्तुmay it be
अस्तु:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (असँ) ‘भुवि’
भेषजम्medicine; remedy
भेषजम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभेषज (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here)
Devata: Śānti/Bheṣaja; Earth and Waters as healing powers
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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