Mantra 16
Sukta 7
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
या रोहन्त्याङ्गिरसीः पर्वतेषु समेषु च । ता नः पयस्वतीः शिवा ओषधीः सन्तु शं हृदे
IAST Transliteration
yā́ róhanty āṅgirasī́ḥ párvateṣu saméṣu ca | tā́ naḥ páyasvatīḥ śivā́ oṣádhīḥ santu śáṁ hr̥dé ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
What herbs, Angirasa-born, grow upon the mountains and upon the level plains—let those, rich in sap as milk, auspicious herbs be ours, for welfare to the heart.
Word by Word
याःwhich (fem. pl.)
याः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
रोहन्तिgrow, sprout
रोहन्ति:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootरुह् (धातु)
आङ्गिरसीः(the) Āṅgirasī herbs / belonging to the Aṅgiras tradition
आङ्गिरसीः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootआङ्गिरसी (प्रातिपदिक; आङ्गिरस-सम्बद्धा)
पर्वतेषुon/in the mountains
पर्वतेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
समेषुon/in the plains/level places
समेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective (substantive)
Rootसम (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
ताःthose (fem. pl.)
ताः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us / of us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पयस्वतीःrich in milk/juice; sap-bearing
पयस्वतीः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootपयस्वती (प्रातिपदिक; पयस्+वत्)
शिवाःauspicious, benign
शिवाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
ओषधीःherbs, healing plants
ओषधीः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)
सन्तुlet them be
सन्तु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
शम्well-being, welfare
शम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशम् (अव्यय/निपात; ‘कल्याण’)
हृदेfor the heart
हृदे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootहृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition; Angiras association foregrounded in the verse
Devata: Oṣadhayaḥ (Herbs)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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