Mantra 1

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अपां भेषजम्। आपो हि ष्ठा मयोभुवस्ता न ऊर्जे दधातन । महे रणाय चक्षसे

IAST Transliteration

apā́m bheṣajám | ā́po hí ṣṭhā́ mayobhúvas tā́ na ūrjé dadhātana | mahé raṇā́ya cákṣase |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A medicine are the Waters. For ye, O Waters, are indeed the bringers-forth of delight: those same bestow upon us vigor, for mighty battle, and for sight.

Translation

諸々の水は薬（bhēṣajam）である。まことに汝ら水は、喜びを生み出すもの。ゆえにわれらに活力を授けよ――大いなる戦いのために、また視る力のために。

Word by Word

• अपाम्: of the waters
• अपाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक) → आप्/अप् ‘जल’

• भेषजम्: remedy; medicine
• भेषजम्: कर्म (implied: ‘(we seek/declare) the remedy’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज (प्रातिपदिक)

• आपः: the waters
• आपः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक) → आप्/अप् ‘जल’

• हि: indeed; for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• स्थ: you are
• स्थ: क्रिया (सम्बन्धः कर्तृ ‘आपः’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु) (लट्, मध्यमपुरुष) — वैदिक रूप ‘स्थ’

• मयोभुवः: bringing delight; bliss-bestowing
• मयोभुवः: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मयोभू (प्रातिपदिक/बहुव्रीहि: मयस् ‘सुख’ + भू ‘होना’)

• ताः: those (you)
• ताः: कर्तृ (आपः इत्यस्य पुनरुक्ति/अन्वयः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: to us; for us
• नः: सम्प्रदान (to/for us)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• ऊर्जे: for strength; for nourishment
• ऊर्जे: सम्प्रदान (for nourishment/strength)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्ज्/ऊर्जा (प्रातिपदिक) ‘बल/पोषण’

• दधातन: place; bestow
• दधातन: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) — दधा- (लट्)

• महे: for us
• महे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम) — वैदिक/छान्दस रूप ‘महे’

• रणाय: for joy; for gladness
• रणाय: सम्प्रदान (for joy/delight)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण (प्रातिपदिक) ‘आनन्द/हर्ष’ (वैदिक) / ‘युद्ध’ (परवर्ती) संदर्भतः ‘हर्ष’

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• चक्षसे: for sight; for vision
• चक्षसे: सम्प्रदान (for sight/brightness)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘दृष्टि/तेजस्’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras rubric; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Āpaḥ (The Waters)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (Vedic; mixed/irregular in Atharvanic transmission)

Mantra Rasa

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