Mantra 5
Sukta 38
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यदि वासि तिरोजनं यदि वा नद्यऽस्तिरः । इयं ह मह्यं त्वामोषधिर्बद्ध्वेव न्यानयत्
IAST Transliteration
yádi vā́si tirojanáṃ yádi vā nadí astíraḥ | iyáṃ há máhyaṃ tvā́m óṣadhir baddhvèva nyā́nayat ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
If thou abidest beyond the folk, or if thou stayest on this side the river—this herb, indeed, for me hath brought thee hither, as though having bound thee fast.
Word by Word
यदिif
यदि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि
वासिyou dwell / you live
वासि:
Kartā (implicit ‘त्वम्’)
TypeVerb
Rootवस् (धातु)
तिरोजनम्in concealment; a hidden place / behind people (concealed)
तिरोजनम्:
Karma (object/goal of ‘वासि’)
TypeNoun
Rootतिरोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
यदिif
यदि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
नद्यःrivers
नद्यः:
Adhikaraṇa (locative sense with ‘अस्ति’) / or Kartā of ‘अस्ति’ in a loose existential construction
TypeNoun
Rootनदी (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्तिthere is / you are
अस्ति:
— (existential verb)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
इ॒रःvigorous; possessing nourishment/refreshment
इ॒रः:
Kartā/Predicate-nominative with ‘अस्ति’ (describing the state/quality)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootइ॒र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘इरा/इळा’ related, sense: refreshment/food/strength)
इयम्this (she)
इयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हindeed
ह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह
मह्यम्to me / for me
मह्यम्:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ओषधिःthe herb / medicinal plant
ओषधिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)
बद्ध्वाhaving bound (you)
बद्ध्वा:
— (prior action qualifying main verb)
TypeVerbal derivative
Rootबन्ध् (धातु)
एवjust / indeed
एव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
निdown/into; forth (as preverb)
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootनि
आनयत्brought (you) to (me)
आनयत्:
Kriyā (main verb); Kartā = ‘ओषधिः’, Karma = ‘त्वाम्’, Sampradāna = ‘मह्यम्’
TypeVerb
Rootनी (धातु) + आ- (उपसर्ग)
Attribution
Rishi: Asurī/vaśīkaraṇa tradition
Devata: Oṣadhi (as personified herb-power) / Āsurī-śakti
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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