Mantra 7
Sukta 17
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तृष्णामारं क्षुधामारमथो अक्षपराजयम्। अपामार्ग त्वया वयं सर्वं तदप मृज्महे
IAST Transliteration
tṛ́ṣṇāmā́raṁ kṣudhāmā́ram átho ákṣaparājáyam | apā́mārga tváyā vayáṁ sárvaṁ tád ápa mṛjmahe ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Thirst-slaying and hunger-slaying, and also defeat at the dice—with thee, O Apāmārga, all that we wipe away.
Word by Word
तृष्णामारम्(the charm/herb) that destroys thirst
तृष्णामारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootतृष्णा (प्रातिपदिक) + मार (प्रातिपदिक) [= मारक/नाशक]
क्षुधामारम्(the charm/herb) that destroys hunger
क्षुधामारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootक्षुधा (प्रातिपदिक) + मार (प्रातिपदिक) [= मारक/नाशक]
अथोand also / moreover
अथो:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथो (अव्यय) [अथ + उ]
अक्षपराजयम्defeat at dice / loss in gambling
अक्षपराजयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootअक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + पराजय (प्रातिपदिक)
अपामार्गO Apāmārga (the herb/charm)
अपामार्ग:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootअपामार्ग (प्रातिपदिक) [वनस्पति-नाम]
त्वयाby you / with you
त्वया:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वयम्we
वयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सर्वम्all (of it)
सर्वम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अपaway / off
अप:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootअप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
मृज्महेwe wipe/clean away
मृज्महे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√मृज् (मृज्/मर्ज्) ‘मार्जने’
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/Āṅgiras transmission (not specified in excerpt)
Devata: Apāmārga
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
Mantra Rasa
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