Mantra 4
Sukta 19
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यददो देवा असुरांस्त्वयाग्रे निरकुर्वत । ततस्त्वमध्योषधेऽपामार्गो अजायथाः
IAST Transliteration
yád adó devā́ ásurāṁs tváyā́gre nír akurvata | tátas tvám ádhy oṣadhe ’pāmā́rgo ajāyathāḥ ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
When yonder, in the beginning, the Gods by thee thrust forth the Asuras, thence wast thou born, O Herb, as Apāmārga.
Word by Word
यत्which/that (what)
यत्:
Karma (यत्-तत् सम्बन्धे ‘that which’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अदःthat (yonder/that thing)
अदः:
Karma (यत्-तत् सम्बन्धे ‘that’)
TypePronoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
असुरान्the Asuras
असुरान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअसुर (प्रातिपदिक)
त्वयाby you / with you
त्वया:
Karaṇa (सहायक/साधन-भावे) / सहकर्ता
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अग्रेin front; at the beginning
अग्रे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun (used adverbially)
Rootअग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
निर्out, away (forth)
निर्:
—
TypeIndeclinable (prefix)
Rootनिस्/निर् (उपसर्ग)
अकुर्वतthey made/did
अकुर्वत:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
ततःthen; from that
ततः:
Adhikaraṇa (क्रम/काल-निर्देश) / हेतु-क्रम
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (तद्-प्रभव अव्यय)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अधिupon; over
अधि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
ओषधेO herb/medicinal plant
ओषधे:
सम्बोधन (address) / (प्रयोगे) Adhikaraṇa-सम्बन्धः
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)
अपामार्गःApāmārga (Achyranthes aspera)
अपामार्गः:
Kartā (अजायथाः इत्यस्य कर्ता) / विधेय-नाम
TypeNoun (proper/common plant-name)
Rootअपामार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
अजायथाःyou were born; you arose
अजायथाः:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Apāmārga (oṣadhi) with Asura-expelling power
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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