Mantra 10

Sukta 37

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अवकादानभिशोचानप्सु ज्योतय मामकान्। पिशाचान्त्सर्वानोषधे प्र मृणीहि सहस्व च

IAST Transliteration

avakādā́n abhiśocā́n apsú jyótaya māmakā́n | piśācā́n sárvān oṣadhe prá mṛṇīhi sáhasva ca ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Avakāda-ones, scorching there in the waters—bring them to light, those that are mine: all the Piśācas, O Herb, crush forth; prevail thou also.

Translation

ଅବକାଦା-ବାଳାମାନେ, ଯେ ଜଳମଧ୍ୟରେ ଦହୁଛନ୍ତି—ମୋର ଯେମାନେ, ସେମାନଙ୍କୁ ଆଲୋକରେ ପ୍ରକାଶ କର। ହେ ଔଷଧି, ସମସ୍ତ ପିଶାଚମାନଙ୍କୁ ଚାପି ଚୁର୍ଣ୍ଣ କରି ବାହାରକୁ ହଟାଇ ନଶ୍ଟ କର; ତୁମେ ମଧ୍ୟ ବିଜୟୀ ହେଅ, ସହିଷ୍ଣୁ ରୁହ।

Word by Word

• अवकादात्: from the avakāda (marsh-weed/slime)
• अवकादात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवकाद (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अवकाद’ = जल-शैवाल/दलदल-वनस्पति) अथवा अवकाद (स्थान/द्रव्य-नाम)

• अनभिशोचान्: not causing distress (harmless)
• अनभिशोचान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनभिशोच (प्रातिपदिक; न + अभि + शोच ‘शोच्’ धातु से; ‘जो पीड़ा/शोक न पहुँचाएँ’)

• अप्सु: in the waters
• अप्सु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (स्त्री; ‘जल’)

• ज्योतय: make (them) shine / illumine
• ज्योतय: (क्रिया; कर्ता = त्वम्/ओषधे) कर्म = मामकान्
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्योतय (√ज्योत्/√द्युत् caus.; ‘प्रकाशय’)

• मामकान्: my (people/ones)
• मामकान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: मामक (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मम-सम्बन्धिनः’)

• पिशाचान्: piśācas (malevolent spirits)
• पिशाचान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिशाच (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• ओषधे: O herb / O healing plant
• ओषधे: (सम्बोधन; कर्ता-आह्वान)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: ओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth, away, forward
• प्र: (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• मृणीहि: crush / destroy
• मृणीहि: (क्रिया; कर्ता = ओषधे) कर्म = पिशाचान्
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मृण्/√मृड् (मृणीते/मृणाति; ‘नाशय/मर्दय’)

• सहस्व: overpower / prevail
• सहस्व: (क्रिया; कर्ता = ओषधे)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सह् (सहते; ‘सह/अभिभव’)

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

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (variable anukramaṇī attribution).

Devata: Oṣadhi (personified Herb) as healing deity; anti-Piśāca force.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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