Mantra 10
Sukta 15
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
दश च मे शतं च मे ऽपवक्तार ओषधे । ऋतजात ऋतावरि मधु मे मधुला करः
IAST Transliteration
daśá ca mé śatáṃ ca mé ’pavaktā́ra oṣadhe | ṛtájāta ṛtā́vari mádhu me madhulā́ karáḥ ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Ten for me, and a hundred for me—O Herb—(be thou) the repellers. Born of Ṛta, O Ṛta-covering one: make for me sweetness, make (all) honeyed.
Translation
十归于我，一百亦归于我——噢，药草啊，愿你作驱退者。生于ṛta者，覆护ṛta者：赐我甘甜，使一切皆成蜜甜。
Word by Word
दशten
दश:
विशेषण (संख्याविशेषण) — ‘मे’ इत्यस्य/अर्थस्य सह
TypeNoun (Numeral)
Rootदशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
समुच्चय (connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
मेof me / my
मे:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शतम्a hundred
शतम्:
विशेष्य/कर्म (contextual: ‘a hundred (things/units)’)
TypeNoun (Numeral)
Rootशत (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
समुच्चय
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
मेof me / my
मे:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
अपवक्तारःrepellers / those who ward off (evil, disease)
अपवक्तारः:
कर्तृ (they as agents)
TypeNoun (Agent)
Rootअपवक्तृ (प्रातिपदिक; √वच् ‘वद्/वच्’ + तृ; उपसर्ग: अप)
ओषधेO herb / O medicinal plant
ओषधे:
सम्बोधन (addressed entity)
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋतजातborn of ṛta (cosmic order/truth)
ऋतजात:
विशेषण (of the addressed herb)
TypeAdjective
Rootऋतजात (कृदन्त/समास; ऋत + जात, √जन् ‘to be born’)
ऋतावरिtruth-guarding / rich in ṛta
ऋतावरि:
विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootऋतावरी (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री. विशेषण)
मधुhoney; sweetness
मधु:
कर्म/विधेय (contextual: ‘sweetness/honey’)
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक)
मेfor me / my
मे:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
मधुलाhoneyed, sweet
मधुला:
विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootमधुल (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sweet, honeyed’)
करःhand
करः:
कर्तृ (the ‘hand’ as agent; or subject)
TypeNoun
Rootकर (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Oṣadhi (Herb)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like
Mantra Rasa
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