Mantra 1
Sukta 16
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
वृषरोगशमनम्। यद्येकवृषोऽसि सृजारसोऽसि
IAST Transliteration
vṛṣarogaśamanam | yády ékavṛṣó ’si sṛjáraso ’si ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
A charm for the calming of vṛṣa-disease: If thou art the sole Bull, if thou art of flowing sap—
Word by Word
यत्which/that (relative)
यत्:
सम्बन्ध/विशेषण-भावः (अनुवर्तते ‘एकवृषः’ इत्यस्य) अथवा कर्म-सम्बन्धः (यत् = ‘because/that which’)
TypePronoun/Relative
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) अथवा यद्-शब्दः
एकवृषःsingle bull; lone bull (epithet)
एकवृषः:
कर्तृ (असि इत्यस्य कर्ता) / सम्बोधनार्थेऽपि सम्भवः
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootएक (संख्या-विशेषण) + वृष (प्रातिपदिक ‘bull’) → समासः (कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीहि-प्रायः) ‘single-bull’
असिyou are
असि:
अख्यात (सम्बन्धक-क्रिया) — ‘thou art’
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (असँ) धातुः
सृजारसःjuice-releasing; producing essence/flow
सृजारसः:
कर्तृ (असि इत्यस्य कर्ता) — पूर्वपदस्य ‘एकवृषः’ इत्यस्य सहविशेषणम्
TypeAdjective/Noun (epithet)
Rootसृज् (सृजँ विसर्गे/सर्जने) धातोः कृत-प्रातिपदिक ‘सृज’ + रस (प्रातिपदिक ‘juice/essence’) → समासः (तत्पुरुषः) ‘discharging/producing juice’
असिyou are
असि:
अख्यात (सम्बन्धक-क्रिया) — ‘thou art’
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (असँ) धातुः
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Remedy/Herb as potent agent (implicit); alternatively the addressed power behind the medicine
Chandas: Not fully determinable from the truncated opening; Atharvanic mixed style
Mantra Rasa
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