Mantra 6

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इयं वा उ पृथिवी बृहस्पतिर्द्यौरेवेन्द्रः

IAST Transliteration

iyáṁ vá u pṛthivī́ bṛ́haspátir dyáur evéndraḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This Earth, verily, is Bṛhaspati; the Heaven is Indra alone.

Translation

এই পৃথিবী, নিশ্চয়ই, বৃহস্পতি; আর দ্যৌ (স্বর্গ/আকাশ) একমাত্র ইন্দ্র।

Word by Word

• इयम्: this (she/this one)
• इयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → इयम्

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

• उ: and/also; emphatic particle
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (निपात)

• पृथिवी: the Earth
• पृथिवी: Kartā (समानााधिकरण/विधेय-सम्बन्धः इयम् इति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: Kartā (समानााधिकरण/विधेयः पृथिव्याः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्यौः: the Sky (Dyaus)
• द्यौः: Kartā (समानााधिकरण/विधेयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)

• एव: just, precisely
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā (समानााधिकरण/विधेयः द्यौः इति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic redactional voice

Devata: Bṛhaspati (Earth) and Indra (Heaven)

Chandas: Prose (gnomic identification)

Mantra Rasa

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