Mantra 8

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

बृहता मन उप ह्वये मातरिश्वना प्राणापानौ। सूर्याच्चक्षुरन्तरिक्षाच्छ्रोत्रं पृथिव्याः शरीरम्। सरस्वत्या वाचमुप ह्वयामहे मनोयुजा

IAST Transliteration

bṛhatā́ mána úpa hvaye mātáriśvanā prāṇāpānāú | sū́ryāc cákṣur antárikṣāc chróṯraṃ pṛthivyā́ḥ śárīram | sárasvatyā vā́cam úpa hvayāmahe manoyújā ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With the Great One’s might I call the Mind hither; with Mātariśvan I summon in-breath and out-breath. From the Sun (I call) the eye; from the mid-air the hearing; from Earth the body. From Sarasvatī we invoke speech, mind-yoked and obedient.

Translation

بقوّة العظيم أستدعي المَنَس (العقل) إلى هنا؛ ومع مَاتَريشْفان أستحضر البرانا والأبانا، الشهيق والزفير. ومن سُوريا (أستدعي) العين؛ ومن الأنتاريكشا السمع؛ ومن بْرِثِفي الجسد. ومن سَرَسْفَتي نستدعي الفاك (الكلام)، مقرونًا بالعقل ومطيعًا.

Word by Word

• बृहताम्: of the great (ones); of greatness
• बृहताम्: सम्बन्ध (genitival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मनः: mind
• मनः: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उप: near; towards
• उप: (क्रियाविशेषण; आह्वानस्य समीपार्थक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप

• ह्वये: I invoke; I call
• ह्वये: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ह्वा (आह्वाने)

• मातरिश्वना: with/through Mātariśvan (Vāyu/Agni as the moving-in-mother; a divine messenger)
• मातरिश्वना: करण (means/agency: ‘by/with Mātariśvan’)
• Type: Noun (proper) / Deity-name
• Root: मातरिश्वन् (प्रातिपदिक; देवता)

• प्राणापानौ: the in-breath and out-breath (prāṇa and apāna)
• प्राणापानौ: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun (dual compound) / Vital-breaths
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक) + अपान (प्रातिपदिक)

• सूर्यात्: from the Sun
• सूर्यात्: अपादान (source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्षुः: eye; sight
• चक्षुः: कर्म (object; ‘(I invoke) sight’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्तरिक्षात्: from the midspace/atmosphere
• अन्तरिक्षात्: अपादान (source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रोत्रम्: ear; hearing
• श्रोत्रम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृथिव्याः: of the Earth
• पृथिव्याः: सम्बन्ध (genitival qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• शरीरम्: body
• शरीरम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• सरस्वत्याः: of Sarasvatī
• सरस्वत्याः: सम्बन्ध (genitival qualifier)
• Type: Noun (proper) / Deity-name
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक; देवता)

• वाचम्: speech; voice
• वाचम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उप: near; towards
• उप: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप

• ह्वयामहे: we invoke; we call
• ह्वयामहे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ह्वा (आह्वाने)

• मनःयुजा: with (that which is) mind-yoking; mind-joined (i.e., with mental focus/union)
• मनःयुजा: करण (means: ‘with mind-yoking [faculty]’)
• Type: Adjective (compound epithet)
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक) + युज्/युज् (प्रातिपदिक ‘yoke/union’; here as bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa adj.)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the input)

Devata: Mind (Manas), Mātariśvan (life-carrier), Sun (Sūrya), Antarikṣa, Earth (Pṛthivī), Sarasvatī (Vāc)

Chandas: Not specified in the input (multi-pāda structure; requires metrical confirmation from a critical edition).

Mantra Rasa

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