Mantra 41

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यो वेतसं हिरण्ययं तिष्ठन्तं सलिले वेद । स वै गुह्यः प्रजापतिः

IAST Transliteration

yó vétasaṃ híraṇyaṃ tíṣṭhantaṃ salilé véda | sá vái gúhyaḥ prajā́patiḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso knoweth the golden Reed that standeth in the Waters—he, verily, knoweth the secret Prajāpati.

Translation

مَنْ يَعْلَمُ القَصَبَ الذَّهَبِيَّ القَائِمَ فِي المِيَاهِ—فَقَدْ عَلِمَ، حَقًّا، بْرَجَابَتِي (Prajāpati) السِّرِّيَّ.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वेतसम्: reed; cane
• वेतसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेतस (प्रातिपदिक)

• हिरण्यम्: golden
• हिरण्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• तिष्ठन्तम्: standing
• तिष्ठन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: स्था (धातु) → तिष्ठत् (वर्तमाने कृदन्त-शतृ)

• सलिले: in the water
• सलिले: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वै: indeed
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात)

• गुह्यः: secret; hidden
• गुह्यः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुह्य (प्रातिपदिक; √गुह्/गुह्य ‘to hide’ से ‘गुप्त/रहस्य’)

• प्रजापतिः: Prajāpati (Lord of creatures)
• प्रजापतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Skambha-cycle seer(s) (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Prajāpati (as guhya), via Skambha imagery

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (compact gnomic statement)

Mantra Rasa

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