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Atharva Veda 8.7.12: Kanda 8, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 12

Sukta 7

याव॑तीः किय॑तीश्चे॒माः पृ॑थि॒व्यामध्योष॑धीः । ता मा॑ सहस्रप॒र्ण्योऽ मृ॒त्योर्मु॑ञ्च॒न्त्वंह॑सः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 8.7.12

yā́vatīḥ kíyatīś cemā́ḥ pṛthivyā́m ádhy óṣadhīḥ | tā́ mā sahasrapárṇyo ’mṛ́tyor muñcántv áṃhasaḥ

Whatsoever, how many soever, these Herbs are upon the earth—let those thousand-leaved release me from distress, from death.

धरती पर जितनी भी जड़ी-बूटियाँ हैं, छोटे बड़े सब, वो सब मुझे बचा लें। ये सब पत्ती वाली बूटियाँ मुझे मरने से रोकें और बुरा वक़्त से आज़ाद करें।

यावतीःas many (as)
यावतीः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootयावत् (प्रातिपदिक)
कियतीःhow many / however many
कियतीः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootकियत् (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
इमाःthese
इमाः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पृथिव्याम्on/in the earth
पृथिव्याम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
अधिupon, over
अधि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootअधि
ओषधीःherbs, healing plants
ओषधीः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)
ताःthose
ताः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
माम्me
माम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सहस्रपर्ण्यः(you) thousand-leaved ones (herbs)
सहस्रपर्ण्यः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (collective epithet of herbs)
Rootसहस्रपर्णी (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समासः)
अमृत्योःfrom deathlessness / from (the state of) not-dying
अमृत्योः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootअमृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-समासः a- + मृत्यु)
मुञ्चन्तुlet (them) release
मुञ्चन्तु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootमुच् (धातु)
अंहसःfrom distress/sin/evil
अंहसः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootअंहस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Oṣadhayaḥ; anti-Mṛtyu function

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Primary: karuna

Secondary: shanta

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