Mantra 3

Sukta 24

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सरूपा नाम ते माता सरूपो नाम ते पिता। सरूपकृत् त्वमोषधे सा सरूपमिदं कृधि

IAST Transliteration

sarū́pā nā́ma te mātā́ sarū́po nā́ma te pitā́ | sarūpakṛ́t tvám oṣadhe sā́ sarū́pam idáṃ kṛdhi ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

‘Like-formed’ by name is thy mother; ‘Like-formed’ by name is thy father. A maker of likeness art thou, O Herb: so make thou this here to be like-formed.

Translation

「同形（sarūpā）」という名のものが汝の母、「同形」という名のものが汝の父。おお薬草よ、汝は同形を作る者なり。ゆえにここなるこれを同形となせ。

Word by Word

• सरूपा: having the same form; like-formed
• सरूपा: Kartā (विधेय-विशेषण; ‘माता’ का विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सरूपा (प्रातिपदिक; स-रूप ‘same-form’)

• नाम: by name; indeed
• नाम: (सम्बन्ध/विशेषणार्थक अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक) / अव्यय-प्रयोग

• ते: your / of you
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of you/your’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• माता: mother
• माता: Kartā (नामवाक्य में कर्तृ-स्थान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• सरूपः: like-formed; of the same form
• सरूपः: Kartā (विधेय-विशेषण; ‘पिता’ का विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सरूप (प्रातिपदिक; स-रूप)

• नाम: by name; indeed
• नाम: (सम्बन्ध/विशेषणार्थक अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक) / अव्यय-प्रयोग

• ते: your / of you
• ते: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पिता: father
• पिता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• सरूपकृत्: maker of like-form; one who makes (things) similar
• सरूपकृत्: Kartā (विधेय-विशेषण; ‘त्वम्’ का विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सरूपकृत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सरूप + कृत् < √कृ ‘to make’)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ओषधे: O herb / O healing plant
• ओषधे: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सा: she; that (herb)
• सा: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सरूपम्: like-formed; similar
• सरूपम्: Karma (कृधि का कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सरूप (प्रातिपदिक)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (सरूपम् का विशेष्य/सहकर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कृधि: make; do (it)!
• कृधि: (क्रिया); कर्म = ‘सरूपम् इदम्’
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करणे) — वैदिक आज्ञार्थ ‘कृधि’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi attribution for AV 1.24 varies by ancillary lists; commonly treated as an Atharvan/Angiras-type healing utterance).

Devata: Oṣadhi (the Herb), specifically the personified ‘Sarūpā’ power of making-conformity.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of 8 syllables; typical Atharvanic healing meter).

Mantra Rasa

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