Mantra 23

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यन्मातली रथक्रीतममृतं वेद भेषजम्। तदिन्द्रो अप्सु प्रावेशयत् तदापो दत्त भेषजम्

IAST Transliteration

yán mātálī rathakrītám amṛ́taṃ véda bheṣajám | tád índro apsú prā́veśayat tád ā́po datta bheṣajám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

That medicine which Mātali knoweth—immortal, purchased with a chariot—this Indra caused to enter into the Waters: that medicine, O Waters, bestow ye here.

Translation

Dược ấy mà Mātali biết—dược bất tử, thứ đã được mua bằng cỗ xe—Indra đã khiến nó đi vào trong các Nước. Hỡi các Nước (Āpas), xin ban dược ấy tại đây.

Word by Word

• यत्: which/that (relative)
• यत्: Karma (यत्…तत् = ‘that which…that’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मातली: Mātali (Indra’s charioteer)
• मातली: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: मातलि- (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्रस्य सारथि-नाम)

• रथक्रीतम्: the chariot-procured/obtained (thing)
• रथक्रीतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Noun-like
• Root: रथक्रीत- (प्रातिपदिक; रथ + क्रीत ‘bought/obtained’)

• अमृतम्: nectar; deathless (substance)
• अमृतम्: Karma (वेद्-क्रियायाः विषयः) / apposition to भेषजम्
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत- (प्रातिपदिक)

• वेद: knows
• वेद: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)

• भेषजम्: remedy; medicine
• भेषजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज- (प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• प्रावेशयत्: caused (it) to enter; introduced
• प्रावेशयत्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb (causative)
• Root: प्र + आवेशय (णिजन्त; धातु: विश् ‘to enter’ → आवेशयति ‘causes to enter’)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आपः: the waters
• आपः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘waters’)

• दत्त: give; bestow
• दत्त: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb (participle used as finite/imperatival in Vedic) / Kṛdanta
• Root: दा (धातु) → दत्त (कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय)

• भेषजम्: remedy; medicine
• भेषजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज- (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Indra; Āpaḥ (Waters) as healing deities; Bheṣaja as quasi-personified potency

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)

Mantra Rasa

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