Mantra 9

Sukta 15

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नव च मे नवतिश्च मे ऽपवक्तार ओषधे । ऋतजात ऋतावरि मधु मे मधुला करः

IAST Transliteration

navá ca mé navatíś ca mé ’pavaktā́ra oṣadhe | ṛtájāta ṛtā́vari mádhu me madhulā́ karáḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Nine for me, and ninety for me—O Herb—(be thou) the repellers. Born of Ṛta, O Ṛta-covering one: make for me sweetness, make (all) honeyed.

Translation

Nove para mim, e noventa para mim, ó Oṣadhi (erva curadora); sê a que repele, a que afasta (o mal). Nascida de Ṛta, ó tu que recobres Ṛta: faz para mim doçura, torna tudo melado, como mel.

Word by Word

• नव: nine
• नव: विशेषण (संख्याविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: नव (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• मे: of me / my
• मे: सम्बन्ध (genitive/possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नवतिḥ: ninety
• नवतिḥ: कर्तृ/विषय (enumerated item)
• Type: Noun (numeral)
• Root: नवति (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• मे: of me / my
• मे: सम्बन्ध (genitive/possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अपवक्तारः: repellers / those who ward off (evil, disease)
• अपवक्तारः: कर्तृ (agents)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपवक्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; उपसर्ग अप + √वच् ‘वद्/वच्’)

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

• ऋतजात: born of ṛta (cosmic order/truth)
• ऋतजात: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋतजात (प्रातिपदिक; समासः ऋत + जात)

• ऋतावरि: truth-guarding / aligned with ṛta
• ऋतावरि: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋतावरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• मधु: honey / sweetness
• मधु: कर्तृ/विषय (predicate-noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: of me / my
• मे: सम्बन्ध (genitive/possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मधुला: honeyed / sweet
• मधुला: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुल (प्रातिपदिक; मधु + -ल)

• करः: hand (also: ray); here: hand
• करः: कर्तृ/विषय
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Oṣadhi; Ṛta as supporting principle

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

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