Mantra 25
Sukta 7
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
बृहन्तो नाम ते देवा येऽसतः परि जज्ञिरे। एकं तदङ्गं स्कम्भस्यासदाहुः परो जनाः
IAST Transliteration
bṛhánto nā́ma te devā́ yé ’sátaḥ pári jajñiré | ékaṃ tád áṅgaṃ skambhásyā́sád āhuḥ páro jánāḥ ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
‘The Great’ by name are those Gods who from Non-being sprang forth. That One member of Skambha the men of old have called ‘Non-being’.
Word by Word
बृहन्तःgreat, lofty (ones)
बृहन्तः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक; √बृंह् ‘वर्धने’ से)
नामby name; indeed
नाम:
—
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
तेthose
ते:
Kartā (देवाः के विशेषण/सम्बन्ध)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
येwho
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
असतःfrom non-being; from the unreal
असतः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअसत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अ’ + सत्)
परिaround; forth (as preverb)
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
जज्ञिरेwere born; came into being
जज्ञिरे:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (जने) + परि
एकम्one (single)
एकम्:
Karma (आहुः इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (एकम् इत्यस्य निर्देश)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अङ्गम्limb; part
अङ्गम्:
Karma/Predicate-noun (आहुः इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
स्कम्भस्यof Skambha (the cosmic support/pillar)
स्कम्भस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootस्कम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
आसत्was
आसत्:
— (copular in reported speech)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (भुवि/सत्तायाम्)
आहुःthey said; they call
आहुः:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अह्/√ब्रू (वचने) — वैदिक रूप ‘आहुः’
परःlater; other; subsequent
परः:
Kartā (जनाः के विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
जनाःpeople; men
जनाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic brahmavādin tradition
Devata: Skambha (including sat/asat as its aspects)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like
Mantra Rasa
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