Mantra 18

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सर्वाः समग्रा ओषधीर्बोधन्तु वचसो मम । यथेमं पारयामसि पुरुषं दुरितादधि

IAST Transliteration

sárvāḥ samagrā́ oṣádhīr bódhantu vácaso máma | yáthémaṁ pāráyāmasi púruṣaṁ duritā́d ádhi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let all the Herbs, whole and entire, awaken to my word, that we may bring this man safely across, away from distress and evil.

Translation

Que toutes les herbes (oṣadhī), entières et intactes, s’éveillent à ma parole, afin que nous fassions passer cet homme en sûreté, loin de la détresse et du mal.

Word by Word

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (pronoun-like)
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• समग्राः: entire, complete
• समग्राः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• ओषधीः: herbs, medicinal plants
• ओषधीः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधी (प्रातिपदिक)

• बोधन्तु: let (them) awaken/notice/understand
• बोधन्तु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध् (धातु)

• वचसः: of the speech/utterance
• वचसः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मम: my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यथा: so that, in such a way that
• यथा: (सम्बन्ध/उपपद-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

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

• पारयामसि: we carry across, we bring through
• पारयामसि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पॄ/पारय् (धातु; causative sense ‘to carry across’)

• पुरुषम्: person, man
• पुरुषम्: कर्म (इमम् पुरुषम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुरितात्: from distress/evil/misfortune
• दुरितात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरित (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधि: over, beyond; (with abl.) away from
• अधि: (क्रियाविशेषण/उपपद)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb) / postposition
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Oṣadhayaḥ (Herbs)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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