Mantra 3
Sukta 6
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
मा सं वृतो मोप सृप ऊरू माव सृपोऽन्तरा। कृणोम्यस्यै भेषजं बजं दुर्णामचातनम्
IAST Transliteration
mā́ sáṃ vṛto mópa sṛpa ūrū́ mā́va sṛpo’ntárā | kṛṇómy asyāi bheṣajáṃ bájaṃ durṇā́macātanam ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Be not wholly closed in; creep not up—creep not down between the thighs. For her I prepare a remedy, a strengthening power, an expeller of Ill-name.
Word by Word
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेधार्थक अव्यय)
संवृतः(being) covered/closed
संवृतः:
Kartā (विषय/कर्ता-सम्बन्धः, संबोधनार्थे)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootसम्-वृ (धातु) → संवृत (कृदन्त)
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेधार्थक अव्यय)
उपnear; towards
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
सृपcreep/crawl (imperative)
सृप:
—
TypeVerb
Rootसृप् (धातु)
ऊरूthe two thighs
ऊरू:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootऊरु (प्रातिपदिक)
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेधार्थक अव्यय)
अवdown; away
अव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअव (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
सृपःcreep/crawl (imperative)
सृपः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootसृप् (धातु)
अन्तराbetween; in the middle
अन्तरा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्तर (प्रातिपदिक) → अन्तरा (अव्ययीभाव/अव्यय)
कृणोमिI make; I prepare
कृणोमि:
Kartā (अहं) / क्रियापद
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
अस्यैfor her/for this (female)
अस्यै:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
भेषजम्a remedy; medicine
भेषजम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभेषज (प्रातिपदिक)
बजम्a strengthening/healing charm-substance (baja)
बजम्:
Karma (भेषजस्य विशेषण/अपरा वस्तु)
TypeNoun
Rootबज (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक-औषध/तन्त्र-शब्द)
दुर्णामthe ‘evil-named’ ailment; malignant disease
दुर्णाम:
Karma (अपाकरणे लक्ष्यः)
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
अचातनम्(as) a powerful dispeller / hard-to-resist (remedy)
अचातनम्:
Karma (भेषज/बजस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootचातय्/चात् (धातु ‘to drive away, to dispel’) → अचातन (कृदन्त)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Bheṣaja (healing power) and anti-graha protection (functional focus)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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