Mantra 10
Sukta 13
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
ताबुवं न ताबुवं न घेत् त्वमसि ताबुवम्। ताबुवेनारसं विषम्
IAST Transliteration
tābúvaṃ ná tābúvaṃ ná ghet tvám asi tābúvam | tābúvenārásaṃ viṣám
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
‘Tābuvam’—not ‘tābuvam’; let it not seize: thou art the Tābuvam. By the Tābuvam (make) the poison sapless.
Word by Word
ता॒बुवम्(the) tābuva (name of a plant/charm-substance)
ता॒बुवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootताबुव (प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
ता॒बुवम्(the) tābuva
ता॒बुवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootताबुव (प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
घेत्let (it) not seize/take
घेत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootघा/घे (धातु; ‘ग्रहण/आदान’ अर्थे) — वैदिक रूप
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
असिare
असि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
ता॒बुवम्(the) tābuva
ता॒बुवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootताबुव (प्रातिपदिक)
ता॒बुवे॑नwith/by means of tābuva
ता॒बुवे॑न:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootताबुव (प्रातिपदिक)
अर॒सम्tasteless; sapless
अर॒सम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-रस (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-समास)
वि॒षम्poison
वि॒षम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविष (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Protective counter-agent (tābuvam) as operative power; viṣa as adversary
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like
Mantra Rasa
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