Mantra 8
Sukta 4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
उदङ् जातो हिमवतः स प्राच्यां नीयसे जनम्। तत्र कुष्ठस्य नामान्युत्तमानि वि भेजिरे
IAST Transliteration
úd-aṅ jā́to himávataḥ sá prācyā́ṃ nīyase jánam | tátra kuṣṭhásya nā́māny uttamā́ni ví bhejire
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Born northward from Himavant, thou art led on to the eastern folk. There have the excellent names of Kuṣṭha been set forth and duly apportioned.
Word by Word
उदङ्northward / from the north
उदङ्:
विशेषण (जनम् इत्यस्य) / कर्तृ-संबन्धी
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्-अञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक: उदञ्च्/उदङ्)
जातःborn
जातः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Root√जन् (कृदन्त: जात)
हिindeed / for
हि:
सम्बन्ध/हेतु-प्रदर्शन
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
हिमवतःfrom Himavat (the Himalaya)
हिमवतः:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootहिमवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
सःhe / that (one)
सः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
प्राच्याम्in the east
प्राच्याम्:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootप्राची (प्रातिपदिक)
नीयसेyou lead / you bring
नीयसे:
क्रिया (कर्तरि प्रयोग) / विधेय
TypeVerb
Root√नी (नि + √इ)
जनम्the people / a person
जनम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
कुष्ठस्यof Kuṣṭha (the herb/plant ‘kuṣṭha’)
कुष्ठस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootकुष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; औषधि/रोग-नाम)
नामानिnames
नामानि:
कर्म (वि-√भज् इत्यस्य) / विषय
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
उत्तमानिbest / most excellent
उत्तमानि:
विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart / distinctly
वि:
क्रियाविशेषक (भे॑जिरे इत्यस्य)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि
भेजिरेthey have shared/apportioned; they have assigned
भेजिरे:
क्रिया; कर्ता = (अप्रकट) जनाः/ते
TypeVerb
Root√भज्
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/Āṅgirasa transmission (per Anukramaṇī traditions).
Devata: Kuṣṭha (plant-deity).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.
Mantra Rasa
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