Mantra 3
Sukta 15
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तिस्रश्च मे त्रिंशच्च मे ऽपवक्तार ओषधे । ऋतजात ऋतावरि मधु मे मधुला करः
IAST Transliteration
tísraś ca me tríṁśac ca me ’pavaktā́ra oṣadhe | ṛtájāta ṛtā́vari mádhu me madhulā́ karáḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Three for me, and thirty for me—O Herb—(be) repellers. Born of Ṛta, O guardian of Ṛta: make for me honey, make (me) honey-sweet.
Word by Word
तिस्रःthree (feminine)
तिस्रः:
Kartā (स्तुत्य/विधेय-सम्बन्धे) अथवा विशेषणरूपेण
TypeNoun (numeral adjective)
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) → स्त्री. तिसृ
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
मेof me / my
मे:
सम्बन्ध (genitive possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
त्रिंशत्thirty
त्रिंशत्:
Kartā (गणनात्मक पद) अथवा विशेष्य/विशेषणभावे
TypeNoun (numeral)
Rootत्रिंशत् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
मेof me / my
मे:
सम्बन्ध (genitive possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
अपवक्तारःrepellers / warders-off (those who drive away)
अपवक्तारः:
Kartā (स्तुत्य/आह्वान-रूपेण) अथवा विशेष्य
TypeNoun
Rootअप-वक्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; √वच् ‘वदने’ + तृच्, उपसर्ग अप)
ओषधेO herb / O medicinal plant
ओषधे:
सम्बोधन (addressed entity)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋतजातborn of ṛta (right order)
ऋतजात:
विशेषण (ओषधे) / सम्बोधन-विशेषण
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootऋत-जात (समास; ऋत ‘cosmic order/truth’ + जात ‘born’, √जन् + क्त)
ऋतावरिprotecting/covering with ṛta; true-guarding
ऋतावरि:
विशेषण (ओषधे) / सम्बोधन-विशेषण
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootऋत-आवरी (समास; ऋत + आवरी/आवरि ‘covering/protecting’; प्रातिपदिक)
मधुhoney; sweetness
मधु:
Karma (करोतिः/अस्ति-भावे ‘honey/sweetness’ as object/result) अथवा विधेय
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक)
मेfor me / my
मे:
सम्बन्ध (genitive possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
मधुलाsweet; honeyed
मधुला:
Kartā (करः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्) / विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootमधुल (प्रातिपदिक; मधु + लच् ‘having sweetness’)
करःhand
करः:
Kartā (कर्तृ) अथवा विधेय-कर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootकर (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī for this hymn-group)
Devata: Oṣadhi (Herb), with Ṛta as legitimating cosmic principle
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (Atharvanic; mixed/irregular in enumerative refrains)
Mantra Rasa
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