Mantra 26

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

मूर्धानमस्य संसीव्याथर्वा हृदयं च यत्। मस्तिष्कादूर्ध्वः प्रैरयत् पवमानोऽधि शीर्षतः

IAST Transliteration

mūrdhā́nam asya saṃsī́vy átharvā hṛ́dayaṃ ca yát | mastíṣkād ūrdhváḥ práirayat pavámāno’dhí śīrṣatáḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Atharvan, having as it were sewn fast his head, and that heart of his, impelled upward from the brain the self-purifying power, upon the summit of the head.

Word by Word

• मूर्धानम्: head (as object)
• मूर्धानम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्य: of him/its
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• संसीव्य: having sewn together/stitched
• संसीव्य: क्रियाविशेषण (पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb (absolutive)
• Root: √सिव् (स्यूते) + उपसर्ग सम्; क्त्वा-प्रत्यय

• अथर्वा: Atharvan (the sage/priest)
• अथर्वा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper name/title)
• Root: अथर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• हृदयम्: heart
• हृदयम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• यत्: which/that
• यत्: कर्म (correlative object)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मस्तिष्कात्: from the brain/skull
• मस्तिष्कात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: मस्तिष्क (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊर्ध्वः: the upward one / (something) rising upward
• ऊर्ध्वः: कर्तृ (of प्रैरयत्)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: ऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रैरयत्: sent forth/impelled
• प्रैरयत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √ईर्/√इर् (ईरयति/इरयति ‘to set in motion, send forth’) ; लङ्

• पवमानः: purifying, flowing (Soma)
• पवमानः: कर्तृ (apposition to ऊर्ध्वः)
• Type: Participle (present middle)
• Root: √पू (पवते ‘to purify, flow’) ; शानच् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• अधि: upon, over
• अधि: अधिकरण (locative sense: ‘upon’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• शीर्षतः: from the head; at the head-region
• शीर्षतः: अपादान/देश-निर्देश (source/region)
• Type: Indeclinable (ablatival adverb)
• Root: शीर्षन् (प्रातिपदिक) + तसिल् (तस्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvan (traditional attribution for this physiologico-cosmological section)

Devata: Pavamāna (purifying power; Soma-like), and the embodied Purusha as ritual subject

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant; some pādas show Atharvanic flexibility)

Mantra Rasa

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