Mantra 80
Rishi: VS healing sequence tradition (not explicitly named in the mantra).
Devata: Oṣadhayaḥ; secondarily the empowered Bhiṣak (healing function).
Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh-like movement (to be verified by syllable count; the diction is RV-like).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यत्रौ॑षधीः स॒मग्म॑त॒ राजा॑न॒: समि॑ताविव । विप्र॒: स उ॑च्यते भि॒षग्र॑क्षो॒हामी॑व॒चात॑नः
Transliteration
yátr o̍ṣadhī́ḥ samágmata rā́jānaḥ sámitāv iva | vípraḥ sá ucyate bhiṣág rákṣo-hā́mīva-cā́tanaḥ
Translation
Where the herbs have met together, like kings in council at the assembly,—he is called the inspired one, the physician, the slayer of fiends, the dispeller of disease.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
यत्र । ओषधीः । सम्-अग्मत । राजानः । समितौ-इव । विप्रः । सः । उच्यते । भिषक् । रक्षो-हा । अमीव-चातनः ।
Word by Word
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
औषधीःherbs, medicinal plants
औषधीः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि- (प्रातिपदिक)
सम्together
सम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग)
अग्मतcame, assembled
अग्मत:
—
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (गच्छ्) + लुङ्
राजानःkings
राजानः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्- (प्रातिपदिक)
समितौin an assembly, in a gathering
समितौ:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootसमिति- (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
विप्रःsage, inspired priest
विप्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
सःhe
सः:
कर्तृ (विप्रः इत्यस्य सह-सम्बन्धी) अथवा विषय-निर्देश
TypePronoun
Rootतद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उच्यतेis called
उच्यते:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वच् + यक् (कर्मणि) + लट्
भिषक्physician, healer
भिषक्:
प्रथमा-सम्बोधन/विधेय (उच्यते इत्यस्य विधेयः)
TypeNoun
Rootभिषज्/भिषक्- (प्रातिपदिक)
रक्षःdemon, harmful spirit
रक्षः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरक्षस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
हामीवslayer of disease
हामीव:
विधेय (भिषक् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeKṛdanta (agent noun) / Adjective
Rootहन् (√हन्) + आमीव- (उपपद-समास/कृदन्त-प्रयोग)
चातनःexpeller, remover
चातनः:
विधेय (भिषक् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeKṛdanta (agent noun) / Adjective
Root√चत्/√चात् (चातयति) → चातन- (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
Entities Mentioned
O
Oṣadhayaḥ (Medicinal Herbs)B
Bhiṣak (the empowered Physician/Inspired one)R
Rakṣas / hostile beings (as adversaries)Ā
Āmīva (disease, affliction)Ritual Context
Viniyoga (Ritual Application)
Commentary Summary
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Vedic Cosmology
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