Mantra 5
Sukta 18
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अनयाहमोषध्या सर्वाः कृत्या अदूदुषम्। यां क्षेत्रे चक्रुर्यां गोषु यां वा ते पुरुषेषु
IAST Transliteration
anáyā́ham óṣadhyā sarvā́ḥ kṛtyā́ adūduṣam | yā́ṃ kṣétrē cakrúryā́ṃ góṣu yā́ṃ vā te púruṣeṣu ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
With this herb I, for my part, have marred all witchcrafts—what they have wrought in field, what among the kine, or what, again, within thy men.
Word by Word
अनयाby this (female/this means)
अनया:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एतद्
अहम्I
अहम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ओषध्याwith (an) herb/medicinal plant
ओषध्या:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)
सर्वाःall
सर्वाः:
कर्म (विशेष्य-सापेक्ष)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
कृत्याःwitchcrafts/evil charms
कृत्याः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootकृत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
अदूदुषम्I destroyed/neutralized
अदूदुषम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootदूष् (धातु) ‘दूषयति/दूषति’
याम्which (one)
याम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
क्षेत्रेin the field
क्षेत्रे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootक्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
चक्रुःthey have done/made
चक्रुः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
याम्which (one)
याम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
गोषुamong/in the cows (cattle)
गोषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
याम्which (one)
याम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (निपात)
तेof you/your
ते:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पुरुषेषुamong/in (your) men/persons
पुरुषेषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic transmission (anukramaṇī-dependent).
Devata: Oṣadhi (Apāmārga) as the operative deity-substance; kṛtyā as adversary.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like.
Mantra Rasa
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