Mantra 11
Sukta 7
मधुमन्मूलं मधुमदग्रमासाम्मधुमन्मध्यं वीरुधां बभूव । मधुमत् पर्णं मधुमत् पुष्पमासां मधोः संभक्ता अमृतस्य भक्षो घृतमन्नं दुह्रतां गोपुरोगवम्
mádhumat mū́laṃ mádhumad ágram āsām mádhumad mádhyaṃ vīrudhā́ṃ babhūva | mádhumat párṇaṃ mádhumat púṣpam āsāṃ mádhoḥ sámbhaktā amṛ́tasya bhákṣo ghṛtám ánnaṃ duhratāṃ gopúro gávam
Honeyed their root, honeyed their summit; honeyed the midmost of the plants hath grown. Honeyed their leaf, honeyed their blossom; sharers in sweetness, food of immortality—let them yield ghee and nourishment, cow-leading, for the cattle-wealth.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Oṣadhayaḥ as amṛta-bearing; prosperity principle (implicit Śrī/puṣṭi)
Chandas: Mixed/expanded Anuṣṭubh-like Atharvanic verse (two pādas with extended cola)
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