Mantra 25

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यावतीषु मनुष्याऽ भेषजं भिषजो विदुः । तावतीर्विश्वभेषजीरा भरामि त्वामभि

IAST Transliteration

yā́vatīṣu manuṣyā́ bheṣajáṃ bhiṣájo vidúḥ | tā́vatīr viśvá-bheṣajīr ā́ bharāmi tvā́m abhí ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What remedies, among mankind, the healers know,—so many, all-healing, do I bring hither and apply upon thee.

Translation

ਮਨੁੱਖਾਂ ਵਿਚ ਭਿਸਜ (ਵੈਦ) ਜਿੰਨੇ ਭੇਸ਼ਜ (ਉਪਚਾਰ) ਜਾਣਦੇ ਹਨ—ਉਤਨੀਆਂ ਹੀ ਵਿਸ਼੍ਵਭੇਸ਼ਜੀ, ਸਰਵਰੋਗਹਰ ਔਸ਼ਧੀਆਂ ਮੈਂ ਇੱਥੇ ਲਿਆ ਕੇ ਤੇਰੇ ਉੱਤੇ ਲਗਾਂਦਾ ਹਾਂ।

Word by Word

• यावतीषु: in as many (as) / in all those (cases)
• यावतीषु: अधिकारण (परिमाण/व्याप्ति-निर्देशः: ‘यासु/यावत्सु’)
• Type: Adjective (pronominal/relative) used substantively
• Root: यावत् (प्रातिपदिक) → यावती (स्त्री.)

• मनुष्याः: men, human beings
• मनुष्याः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• भेषजम्: medicine, remedy
• भेषजम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज (प्रातिपदिक)

• भिषजः: physicians, healers
• भिषजः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिषज् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘physician/healer’)

• विदुः: know, have known
• विदुः: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (विद्—ज्ञाने)

• तावतीः: so many (those same in number)
• तावतीः: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (correlative) used substantively
• Root: तावत् (प्रातिपदिक) → तावती (स्त्री.)

• विश्वभेषजीः: all-healing (remedies/powers), universal medicines
• विश्वभेषजीः: कर्म (तावतीः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective/Noun (compound epithet)
• Root: विश्व-भेषजी (समास; विश्व ‘all’ + भेषजी ‘healing/remedial (power/herb)’)

• आ: towards, hither; in
• आ: (क्रिया-विशेषकः)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• भरामि: I bring, I bear
• भरामि: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भृ—धारणे/आहरणे)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, upon, over
• अभि: (क्रिया-विशेषकः)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Bheṣajam / Oṣadhīs (remedy-power personified)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; confirm in critical edition)

Mantra Rasa

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