Mantra 18

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अभ्रं पीबो मज्जा निधनम्

IAST Transliteration

abhráṃ pī́bo májjā nidhánam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Cloud is the fat; marrow is the place of laying-down (the end).

Word by Word

• अभ्रम्: cloud (as the object)
• अभ्रम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• पीबः: drink!
• पीबः: (अध्याहृत) कर्ता = त्वम्
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु, पिबति) → पीब (आदेश/वेदिक रूप)

• मज्जा: marrow
• मज्जा: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: मज्जा (प्रातिपदिक)

• निधनम्: end, destruction; death
• निधनम्: (विशेष्य-विशेषणभावे) कर्तृसम्बन्धी
• Type: Noun
• Root: नि-धन (प्रातिपदिक) / निधन

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anonymous/collective)

Devata: Bodily constituents as powers (pības, majjā) / cessation (nidhana) as operative principle

Chandas: Irregular formulaic

Mantra Rasa

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