Mantra 1

Sukta 52

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

भैषज्यम्। उत् सूर्यो दिव एति पुरो रक्षांसि निजूर्वन्। आदित्यः पर्वतेभ्यो विश्वदृष्टो अदृष्टहा

IAST Transliteration

bhaiṣajyám | úd sū́ryo divá eti púro rákṣāṃsi nijū́rvan | ādityáḥ párvatebhyo viśvádṛṣṭo adṛṣṭahā́ |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A remedy: Up from the sky the Sun advanceth, crushing down the Rākṣasas before him; the Āditya, from the mountains, all-seeing, slayer of the unseen.

Word by Word

• भैषज्यम्: remedy; medicine
• भैषज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैषज्य (प्रातिपदिक; भिषज्/भेषज-सम्बद्ध)

• उत्: up; forth
• उत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत् (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• सूर्यः: the Sun
• सूर्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिवः: from heaven/sky
• दिवः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौ ‘sky, heaven’)

• एति: goes; comes forth
• एति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)

• पुरः: in front; before
• पुरः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरस् (अव्ययीभाव/अव्यय; ‘in front’)

• रक्षांसि: demons; harmful spirits
• रक्षांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• निजूर्वन्: weakening; destroying
• निजूर्वन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + जूर्व् (धातु; ‘to waste away, weaken, destroy’)

• आदित्यः: Āditya (the Sun as a deity)
• आदित्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• पर्वतेभ्यः: from the mountains
• पर्वतेभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वदृष्टः: all-seeing; seen by all / having universal sight
• विश्वदृष्टः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व-दृष्ट (समास; विश्व + दृष्ट < √दृश्)

• अदृष्टहा: slayer of the unseen (evils)
• अदृष्टहा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-दृष्ट-हन् (समास; अदृष्ट ‘unseen’ + √हन् ‘to slay’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi not specified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Sūrya/Āditya

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)

Mantra Rasa

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