Atharva Veda 5.15.3: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 15, Mantra 3

Sukta 15

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ति॒स्रश्च॑ मे त्रिं॒शच्च॑ मे ऽपव॒क्तार॑ ओषधे । ऋत॑जात॒ ऋता॑वरि॒ मधु॑ मे मधु॒ला क॑रः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 5.15.3

IAST Transliteration

tísraś ca me tríṁśac ca me ’pavaktā́ra oṣadhe | ṛtájāta ṛtā́vari mádhu me madhulā́ karáḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Three for me, and thirty for me—O Herb—(be) repellers. Born of Ṛta, O guardian of Ṛta: make for me honey, make (me) honey-sweet.

Translation

तिस्रश्च मे त्रिंशच्च मे—ओषधे—अपवक्तारः स्युः। ऋतजात ऋतावरि, मधु मे कुरु; मां मधुलां कुरु।

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Word by Word

• तिस्रः: three (feminine)
• तिस्रः: Kartā (स्तुत्य/विधेय-सम्बन्धे) अथवा विशेषणरूपेण
• Type: Noun (numeral adjective)
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) → स्त्री. तिसृ

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

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

• त्रिंशत्: thirty
• त्रिंशत्: Kartā (गणनात्मक पद) अथवा विशेष्य/विशेषणभावे
• Type: Noun (numeral)
• Root: त्रिंशत् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

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

• अपवक्तारः: repellers / warders-off (those who drive away)
• अपवक्तारः: Kartā (स्तुत्य/आह्वान-रूपेण) अथवा विशेष्य
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप-वक्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; √वच् ‘वदने’ + तृच्, उपसर्ग अप)

• ओषधे: O herb / O medicinal plant
• ओषधे: सम्बोधन (addressed entity)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: ओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋतजात: born of ṛta (right order)
• ऋतजात: विशेषण (ओषधे) / सम्बोधन-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: ऋत-जात (समास; ऋत ‘cosmic order/truth’ + जात ‘born’, √जन् + क्त)

• ऋतावरि: protecting/covering with ṛta; true-guarding
• ऋतावरि: विशेषण (ओषधे) / सम्बोधन-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: ऋत-आवरी (समास; ऋत + आवरी/आवरि ‘covering/protecting’; प्रातिपदिक)

• मधु: honey; sweetness
• मधु: Karma (करोतिः/अस्ति-भावे ‘honey/sweetness’ as object/result) अथवा विधेय
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: for me / my
• मे: सम्बन्ध (genitive possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• मधुला: sweet; honeyed
• मधुला: Kartā (करः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्) / विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुल (प्रातिपदिक; मधु + लच् ‘having sweetness’)

• करः: hand
• करः: Kartā (कर्तृ) अथवा विधेय-कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī for this hymn-group)

Devata: Oṣadhi (Herb), with Ṛta as legitimating cosmic principle

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (Atharvanic; mixed/irregular in enumerative refrains)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta