Mantra 5

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

जीवलां नघारिषां जीवन्तीमोषधीमहम्। अरुन्धतीमुन्नयन्तीं पुष्पां मधुमतीमिह हुवेऽस्मा अरिष्टतातये

IAST Transliteration

jīvalā́ṃ nághāriṣāṃ jīvántīm óṣadhīm ahám | arundhatī́m únnayantīṃ púṣpāṃ mádhumatīm ihá huve ’smā́ áriṣṭatātaye

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The life-bestowing, the harmless, the living herb do I invoke—Arundhatī, that leadeth upward, flowering, honey-sweet—here I call her, for this man, unto unharmed security.

Word by Word

• जीवलाम्: the living (one)
• जीवलाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीवलā- (प्रातिपदिक; जीव ‘living’ + -लā- स्त्री)

• नघारिषाम्: Naghāriṣā (a healing herb)
• नघारिषाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नघारिषā- (प्रातिपदिक; औषधिनाम)

• जीवन्तीम्: living, life-giving
• जीवन्तीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीवत् (प्रातिपदिक; √जीव् ‘to live’)

• ओषधीम्: herb, medicinal plant
• ओषधीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अरुन्धतीम्: Arundhatī (a sacred/healing plant)
• अरुन्धतीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरुन्धती- (प्रातिपदिक; औषधिनाम/नक्षत्रनाम)

• उन्नयन्तीम्: raising up, leading upward
• उन्नयन्तीम्: Karma
• Type: Participle (present active)
• Root: उद्-√नी (धातु; ‘to lead/raise up’) → उन्नयन्ती (वर्तमान-कृदन्त)

• पुष्पाम्: flowering (one); flower
• पुष्पाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प- (प्रातिपदिक)

• मधुमतीम्: honeyed, sweet, rich in nectar
• मधुमतीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुमत् (प्रातिपदिक; मधु ‘honey/sweetness’ + -मत्)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• हुवे: I invoke, I call
• हुवे: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हू (धातु; ‘to call/invoke’)

• अस्मै: for this (person/one)
• अस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अयम्/इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अरिष्टतातये: for unharmedness, for freedom from injury
• अरिष्टतातये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरिष्टताति- (प्रातिपदिक; अरिष्ट ‘unharmed’ + ताति ‘state/condition’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (requires hymn-anukramaṇī confirmation).

Devata: Oṣadhi (Arundhatī as personified herb).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (edition-dependent).

Mantra Rasa

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