Mantra 19
Sukta 10
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
ऊर्ध्वो बिन्दुरुदचरद् ब्रह्मणः ककुदादधि । ततस्त्वं जज्ञिषे वशे ततो होताजायत
IAST Transliteration
ūrdhvó bindúr úd acarat bráhmaṇaḥ kákudād ádhi | tátas tváṃ jajñiṣe vaśe tátó hótā ajāyata ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Upward the seed-drop moved forth from upon the summit of brahman. Thence wast thou born, O Vasā; thence thereafter the Hotṛ was born.
Word by Word
ऊर्ध्वःupright; upward
ऊर्ध्वः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक)
बिन्दुःdrop; point (seed-like drop)
बिन्दुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootबिन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
उद्up; forth
उद्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउद् (उपसर्ग)
अचरत्moved; went forth
अचरत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootचर् (धातु)
ब्रह्मणःof Brahman; of sacred power
ब्रह्मणः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
ककुदात्from the summit/peak (hump, top)
ककुदात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootककुद् (प्रातिपदिक)
अधिupon; over
अधि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
ततःthen; from there
ततः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
जज्ञिषेwere born; came into being
जज्ञिषे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
वशेin (one’s) control; in subjection
वशे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवश (प्रातिपदिक)
ततःthen; thereafter
ततः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
होताthe Hotṛ-priest; invoker
होता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ (प्रातिपदिक)
अजायतwas born; arose
अजायत:
—
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (etiological)
Devata: Brahman (sacred power), Vasā; secondarily Hotṛ-office
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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