Mantra 7

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अग्नेर्घासो अपां गर्भो या रोहन्ति पुनर्णवाः । ध्रुवाः सहस्रनाम्नीर्भेषजीः सन्त्वाभृताः

IAST Transliteration

agnér ghā́so apā́ṃ gárbho yā́ róhanti púnarnavāḥ | dhrúvāḥ sahásranāmnīr bheṣajī́ḥ sántv ā́bhṛtāḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Agni’s fodder, the Waters’ embryo—those that grow, the ever-renewing: steadfast, thousand-named, let the healing ones be brought hither.

Word by Word

• अग्नेः: of Agni
• अग्नेः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• घासः: fodder; grass; (here) ‘the fodder/grass’
• घासः: कर्तृ/विषय (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घास (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपाम्: of the waters
• अपाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्/आप् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘water’

• गर्भः: embryo; womb; inner essence
• गर्भः: कर्तृ/विषय (subject; in apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• याः: which (fem. pl.)
• याः: कर्तृ (relative subject)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रोहन्ति: grow; sprout; rise
• रोहन्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह् (धातु) ‘to grow, rise’

• पुनर्नवाः: the ‘Punarnavā’ plants (Boerhavia diffusa), ‘renewing’ herb
• पुनर्नवाः: कर्तृ (subject; apposition to याः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुनर्नवा (प्रातिपदिक; औषधिनाम)

• ध्रुवाः: firm; steady; unfailing
• ध्रुवाः: विशेषण (of भेषजीः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)

• सहस्रनाम्नीः: having a thousand names (i.e., of many names/uses)
• सहस्रनाम्नीः: विशेषण (of भेषजीः)
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: सहस्रनामन् (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समासार्थ)

• भेषजीः: healing plants; remedies
• भेषजीः: कर्तृ/विषय (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषजी (प्रातिपदिक) ‘remedy, healing herb’

• सन्तु: let them be
• सन्तु: क्रिया (injunctive/benedictive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु) ‘to be’

• आभृताः: brought; procured; gathered
• आभृताः: विशेषण (of भेषजीः)
• Type: Participle
• Root: आ-√भृ (धातु) ‘to bring, procure’ → क्त (past passive participle)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (requires hymn-anukramaṇī confirmation).

Devata: Oṣadhayaḥ with Agni/Āpas as generative principles.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (edition-dependent).

Mantra Rasa

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