Mantra 3

Sukta 91

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आप इद् वा उ भेषजीरापो अमीवचातनीः । आपो विश्वस्य भेषजीस्तास्ते कृण्वन्तु भेषजम्

IAST Transliteration

ā́pa íd vā́ u bheṣajī́r ā́po amīva-cā́tanīḥ | ā́po víśvasya bheṣajī́s tā́s te kṛṇvantu bheṣajám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Waters, yea verily, are medicines; the Waters are the dispellers of disease. The Waters are the medicine of all: may those Waters for thee make a remedy.

Word by Word

• आपः: waters
• आपः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक) → आप्-

• इत्: indeed, just
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात) मूलरूप

• वै: verily
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात) मूलरूप

• उ: and, also (emphatic particle)
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (निपात) मूलरूप

• भेषजीः: healing ones; remedies
• भेषजीः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (used adjectivally)
• Root: भेषजिन्/भेषजी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘भेषज’ से) → भेषजी-

• आपः: waters
• आपः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक) → आप्-

• अमीवचातनीः: disease-dispelling
• अमीवचातनीः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमीव-चातनी (प्रातिपदिक; अमीव ‘रोग’ + चातनी ‘दूर करने वाली’) → अमीवचातनी-

• आपः: waters
• आपः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक) → आप्-

• विश्वस्य: of all, of the whole (world)
• विश्वस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Adjective (genitive used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक) → विश्व-

• भेषजीः: healing ones; remedies
• भेषजीः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (used adjectivally)
• Root: भेषजिन्/भेषजी (प्रातिपदिक) → भेषजी-

• ताः: those (they)
• ताः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → तद्-

• ते: for you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त्वद्/युष्मद्-

• कृण्वन्तु: let them make, let them effect
• कृण्वन्तु: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• भेषजम्: a remedy, healing
• भेषजम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज (प्रातिपदिक) → भेषज-

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often treated as an Āpaḥ/medicine formula; r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Āpaḥ (Waters) as healing divinities

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4×8, typical of AV healing charms)

Mantra Rasa

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