Mantra 1

Sukta 65

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दुरितनाशनम्। प्रतीचीनफलो हि त्वमपामार्ग रुरोहिथ । सर्वान् मच्छपथाँ अधि वरीयो यावया इतः

IAST Transliteration

pratīcī́na-phalo hí tvám apāmārga ruróhiṭha | sárvān macchapáthān ádhi várīyo yāvayā itáḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Backward-fruited art thou, O Apāmārga, and thou springest up: drive hence from here, as one the stronger and the better, all curses levelled against me.

Word by Word

• दुरितनाशनम्: destroyer/remover of misfortune
• दुरितनाशनम्: कर्म (स्तुत्य/विशेष्यरूपेण) अथवा विधेय-विशेषण
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: दुरित-नाशन (प्रातिपदिक; नाशन < √नश्/नाश् ‘नाशयति’)

• प्रतीचीनफलः: having counteracting/returning fruit (bringing the effect back)
• प्रतीचीनफलः: कर्तृ (त्वम्-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतीचीन-फल (प्रातिपदिक; प्रतीचीन ‘पश्चिमाभिमुख/विपरीत’ + फल)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• अपामार्ग: O Apāmārga (Achyranthes aspera)
• अपामार्ग: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: अपामार्ग (प्रातिपदिक; वनस्पतिनाम)

• रुरोहिथ: you have grown/sprouted
• रुरोहिथ: क्रिया (कर्तृ: त्वम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रुह् (रुहँ बीजजनने/आरोहणे ‘to grow, to sprout’)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (pronominal)
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• मत्: my/of me
• मत्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Pronoun (enclitic stem)
• Root: अस्मद् (मद्-आदेशः)

• शपथान्: curses/oaths (imprecations)
• शपथान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: शपथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधि: over/upon
• अधि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/preposition)
• Root: अधि

• वरीयः: better, more effectively
• वरीयः: क्रियाविशेषण/कर्म-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective (comparative)
• Root: वरीयस् (प्रातिपदिक; तुलनात्मक-रूप ‘better/stronger’)

• यावय: drive away/ward off
• यावय: क्रिया (कर्तृ: त्वम्; कर्म: सर्वान्…शपथान्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यु/√या? (वैदिक causative-stem ‘यावय-’ = ‘to ward off, drive away’; धात्वर्थ: ‘अपसारणे’)

• इतः: from here/away from here
• इतः: अपादान (निर्गमन-स्थान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतः

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (plant-hymn complex; not specified in supplied excerpt)

Devata: Apāmārga (plant-deity/medicine as personified agent)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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