Mantra 11

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

को अस्मिन्नापो व्यऽदधाद् विषूवृतः पुरूवृतः सिन्धुसृत्याय जाताः । तीव्रा अरुणा लोहिनीस्ताम्रधूम्रा ऊर्ध्वा अवाचीः पुरुषे तिरश्चीः

IAST Transliteration

kó ásmínn ā́po vyàdadhād viṣūvṛ́taḥ purūvṛ́taḥ síndhusṛ́tyāya jātáḥ | tīvrā́ aruṇā́ lóhinīs tāmradhūmrā́ ūrdhvā́ avā́cīḥ púruṣe tiraścī́ḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Who in this man disposed the Waters—born to run like rivers, with courses turned diversely, with many a circuit?—the keen, the ruddy, the blood-red, the copper-smoky; upward, downward, and athwart, within the Person.

Word by Word

• कः: who?
• कः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मिन्: in this (one/place)
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आपः: waters
• आपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart, asunder
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अदधात्: placed, set
• अदधात्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

• विषूवृतः: one who turns/keeps apart; widely separated
• विषूवृतः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषू-वृत (प्रातिपदिक; वृत = √वृ ‘to cover/turn’, उपसर्ग/अव्यय ‘विषू’ = apart)

• पुरूवृतः: much-encompassing; of many turnings/coverings
• पुरूवृतः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरु-वृत (प्रातिपदिक; पुरु = many, वृत = √वृ)

• सिन्धुसृत्याय: for the river-flowing (course/streaming)
• सिन्धुसृत्याय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: सिन्धु-सृत्या (प्रातिपदिक; सिन्धु ‘river/sea’ + सृत्या ‘flowing/streaming’, from √सृ ‘to flow’)

• जाताः: born, arisen
• जाताः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: √जन् (कृदन्त: जात)

• तीव्राः: sharp, strong
• तीव्राः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीव्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अरुणाः: ruddy, tawny
• अरुणाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• लोहिन्यः: red(-colored) (f.)
• लोहिन्यः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: लोहिनी (प्रातिपदिक)

• ताम्रधूम्राः: coppery-smoky, reddish-grey
• ताम्रधूम्राः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ताम्र-धूम्र (प्रातिपदिक; ताम्र ‘copper-red’ + धूम्र ‘smoky/grey’)

• ऊर्ध्वाः: upward
• ऊर्ध्वाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवाचीः: downward
• अवाचीः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवाच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरुषे: in the man/person
• पुरुषे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• तिरश्चीः: crosswise, transverse
• तिरश्चीः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तिरश्च्/तिर्यञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally connected with speculative Atharvanic seers (often treated as ‘Brahmavādins’ of AV 10); specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī traditions for AV 10.2.

Devata: Kaḥ / Prajāpati-like ordainer; the Purusha as locus of creation

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (Atharvanic mixed meters; often catalogued as Triṣṭubh in this section)

Mantra Rasa

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