Mantra 13

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्राणापानौ व्रीहियवावनड्वान् प्राण उच्यते । यवे ह प्राण आहितोऽपानो व्रीहिरुच्यते

IAST Transliteration

prā́ṇāpānāú vrī́hiyavā́v anaḍvā́n prā́ṇa ucyate | yáve ha prā́ṇa ā́hito ’pā́no vrī́hir ucyate ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The In-breath and the Out-breath are called the Rice and Barley; the draught-ox is called the Breath. Verily in barley Breath is deposited; the Out-breath is called the rice.

Translation

يُسمَّى الشهيقُ (prāṇa) والزفيرُ (apāna) الأرزَّ والشعيرَ؛ ويُسمَّى الثورُ الجرّارُ «النَّفَس». حقًّا، في الشعير يُودَع النَّفَس؛ ويُسمَّى الزفيرُ الأرزَّ.

Word by Word

• प्राणापानौ: prāṇa and apāna (the two vital breaths)
• प्राणापानौ: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण- + अपान- (प्रातिपदिक) → द्वन्द्व-समास

• व्रीहियवौ: rice and barley
• व्रीहियवौ: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रीहि- + यव- (प्रातिपदिक) → द्वन्द्व-समास

• अनड्वान्: the bull (draught-ox)
• अनड्वान्: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनडुह्/अनड्वाह् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राणः: prāṇa (in-breath / vital breath)
• प्राणः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण- (प्रातिपदिक)

• उच्यते: is called
• उच्यते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)

• यवे: in/into the barley
• यवे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: यव- (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• प्राणः: prāṇa
• प्राणः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण- (प्रातिपदिक)

• आहितः: placed, deposited
• आहितः: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-धा (धातु) → आहित (कृदन्त, क्त)

• अपानः: apāna (out-breath / downward breath)
• अपानः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपान- (प्रातिपदिक)

• व्रीहिः: rice
• व्रीहिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रीहि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• उच्यते: is called
• उच्यते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Prāṇa-hymn complex; r̥ṣi attribution varies in ancillary lists)

Devata: Prāṇa (and Apāna as subordinate vital power)

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (late Atharvanic style; often treated as anuṣṭubh-like in practice)

Mantra Rasa

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