Rig Veda 10.97.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 97, Mantra 2
Sukta 10.97
Devata: Oṣadhīs (addressed as Mothers; śatakratvaḥ as ‘hundred-potent’)
Chandas: Anushtubh (probable; verify)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
शतं वो अम्ब धामानि सहस्रमुत वो रुहः । अधा शतक्रत्वो यूयमिमं मे अगदं कृत ॥
Transliteration
śatáṁ vo amba dhā́māni sahásram utá vo rúhaḥ | ádhā śatakratvo yūyám imáṁ me agádaṁ kṛta ||
Translation
हे अम्बाओं (मातृ-ओषधियों)! तुम्हारे धाम एक सौ हैं, और तुम्हारी रुहें (अंकुर-उगान) सहस्र हैं। तब, हे शतक्रतो (शत-शक्ति-सम्पन्न) तुम सब, मेरे लिए यह अगद (औषध-उपचार) रचो—यही मेरा आरोग्य-उपाय बने।
Word by Word
शतम्a hundred
शतम्:
Karma (गणनाविशेषणरूपेण धामानि इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun/Number
Rootशत (प्रातिपदिक)
वःof you (your)
वः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/अधिकारः)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अम्बO mother (plants addressed as mothers)
अम्ब:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootअम्बा (प्रातिपदिक)
धामानिabodes; powers; properties
धामानि:
Kartā (अस्ति/सन्ति इत्यध्याहृतक्रियायाः)
TypeNoun
Rootधामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
सहस्रम्a thousand
सहस्रम्:
Karma (गणनाविशेषणरूपेण रुहः इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun/Number
Rootसहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
उतand; also
उत:
— (समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थे)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात)
वःof you (your)
वः:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
रुहःgrowths; shoots; sproutings (of you)
रुहः:
Kartā (अस्ति/सन्ति इत्यध्याहृतक्रियायाः)
TypeNoun (collective/derivative)
Rootरुह् (धातु) → रुह् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, बहुव्रीह्यादि/नामरूपेण)
अधthen; thereafter
अध:
— (अनन्तर/ततः-अर्थे)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअध (निपात)
शतक्रत्वोO hundred-powered one (Indra)
शतक्रत्वो:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun/Epithet (vocative)
Rootशत-क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि)
यूयम्you (pl.)
यूयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इमम्this
इमम्:
Karma (अगदं विशेषयति)
TypePronoun/Determiner
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मेmy; for me
मे:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अगदम्remedy; medicine
अगदम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअगद (प्रातिपदिक)
कृतmade; prepared
कृत:
— (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeParticiple
Rootकृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त; भूतकृदन्त/PPP)
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