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Mantra 14

Sukta 5

आचार्योऽ मृत्युर्वरुणः सोम ओषधयः पयः । जीभूता आसन्त्सत्वानस्तैरिदं स्व१राभृतम्

ācā́ryo mṛtyúr váruṇaḥ sóma óṣadhayaḥ páyaḥ | jībhūtā́ āsan sátvānas tair idáṃ svà ā́bhṛtam ||

The Teacher was Death, was Varuṇa; he was Soma, the Plants, the Milk. They became the tongues of living creatures; by them this heaven was brought and won.

كان الآتشَارْيا هو الموتَ، وهو فَرُونَه؛ وكان هو سُوما، والنباتاتُ الدوائية (أوشَذَيَه)، واللبن. فصاروا ألسنةَ الكائنات الحيّة؛ وبهم جُلبت السماء (سْوَر) ونِيلت.

आचार्यःthe teacher (ācārya)
आचार्यः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootआचार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
मृत्युःDeath
मृत्युः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootमृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
वरुणःVaruṇa
वरुणः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootवरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमःSoma
सोमः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
ओषधयःherbs, medicinal plants
ओषधयः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)
पयःmilk; nourishing fluid
पयः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootपयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
जीभूताःhaving become living/animate
जीभूताः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (past participle)
Rootजीभूत (√भू ‘to be’ + जी- उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
आसन्were
आसन्:
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (to be)
सत्वानःbeings, creatures
सत्वानः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसत्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
तैःby/with those
तैः:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इदम्this
इदम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
स्वःin heaven; to the heavenly world
स्वः:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable (locative sense) / Noun
Rootस्वर्/स्वः (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक ‘heaven’)
आभृतम्brought; bestowed; conveyed
आभृतम्:
TypeAdjective/Participle (past passive participle)
Rootआ-√भृ (to bring, to bestow) + क्त (कृदन्त)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Ācārya/Brahmanical authority as composite of cosmic powers

Chandas: Likely anuṣṭubh-like cadence, but doctrinally compressed

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