Rig Veda 10.97.4: Mandala 10, Sukta 97, Mantra 4
Sukta 10.97
Rishi: Unknown/collective tradition (RV 10.97 is a healing hymn; seer attribution varies by recension; commonly treated as an Atharvanic-style medicinal hymn within the Rigvedic corpus).
Devata: Oṣadhī-devatā (the deified healing plants/powers); implicitly aligned to Purusha as inner indweller in the closing address.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (dominant in several verses of this hymn; this verse fits the 8+8 syllabic cadence).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ओषधीरिति मातरस्तद्वो देवीरुप ब्रुवे । सनेयमश्वं गां वास आत्मानं तव पूरुष ॥
Transliteration
oṣádhīr íti mātarás tád vo devī́r úpa bruve | sanéyam áśvaṁ gā́m vā́sa ātmā́naṁ táva pūruṣa ||
Translation
“Hỡi các cây thuốc”—hỡi các Bà Mẹ, ta đến gần và thưa với các Nữ Thần như vậy: nguyện ta giành được tuấn mã và bò cái của quang tuyến, cùng áo choàng của hữu thể—phải, chính tự ngã ấy vì các ngài, hỡi Puruṣa (Đấng Nhân Vị nội tại).
Word by Word
ओषधीःO herbs (plants)
ओषधीः:
सम्बोधन/प्रेष्य (addressed) तथा कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध (those spoken to)
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि- (प्रातिपदिक)
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
वाक्य-चिह्न/उद्धरण-परिसमाप्ति
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (निपात)
मातरःmothers
मातरः:
सम्बोधन (apposition to ओषधीः)
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ- (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that
तत्:
कर्म (object of ब्रुवे)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वःof you / to you (you-pl.)
वः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of/among you’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
देवीःO goddesses
देवीः:
सम्बोधन (addressed)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी- (प्रातिपदिक)
उपnear; unto
उप:
क्रिया-विशेषण (direction/approach with ब्रुवे)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
ब्रुवेI speak / I address
ब्रुवे:
क्रिया (speaker as कर्ता implicit ‘I’)
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
सनेयम्may I obtain
सनेयम्:
क्रिया (wish/aim)
TypeVerb
Rootसन् (धातु; ‘to gain, win’)
अश्वम्a horse
अश्वम्:
कर्म (object of सनेयम्)
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व- (प्रातिपदिक)
गाम्a cow
गाम्:
कर्म (object of सनेयम्)
TypeNoun
Rootगो- (प्रातिपदिक)
वासःa garment; clothing
वासः:
कर्म (object of सनेयम्)
TypeNoun
Rootवासस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
आत्मानम्self; person
आत्मानम्:
कर्म (object of सनेयम्)
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्- (प्रातिपदिक)
तवof you (sg.)
तव:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
पूरुषO man / O Puruṣa
पूरुष:
सम्बोधन (vocative address)
TypeNoun
Rootपूरुष- (प्रातिपदिक)
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