Mantra 44
Sukta 7
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
इमे मयूखा उप तस्तभुर्दिवं सामानि चक्रुस्तसराणि वातवे
IAST Transliteration
imé mayū́khā úpa tastabhur dívaṃ sā́māni cakrus tásarāṇi vā́tave
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
These beams have propped the heaven up; they fashioned Sāman-harmonies—shuttles for the Wind.
Word by Word
इमेthese
इमे:
विशेषणम् (कर्तृपदस्य) / कर्ता-संबन्धी
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मयूखाःrays, beams
मयूखाः:
कर्तृ (तस्तभुः/चक्रुः इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootमयूख (प्रातिपदिक)
उपup; close; firmly (as preverb)
उप:
क्रियाविशेषणम्
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
तस्तभुःthey propped up / supported
तस्तभुः:
क्रिया (कर्तृ: मयूखाः)
TypeVerb
Rootस्तम्भ् (धातु) — परस्मैपदी
दिवम्the heaven, sky
दिवम्:
कर्म (तस्तभुः)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक: द्यौ/दिव्)
सामानिSāman-chants, melodies
सामानि:
कर्म (चक्रुः)
TypeNoun
Rootसामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
समुच्चय
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
चक्रुःthey made, fashioned
चक्रुः:
क्रिया (कर्तृ: मयूखाः)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) — परस्मैपदी
तसराणिspindles; (also) swift-moving shafts/whirls (contextual)
तसराणि:
कर्म (चक्रुः)
TypeNoun
Rootतसर (प्रातिपदिक)
वातवेfor the wind; to the wind
वातवे:
सम्प्रदान (चक्रुः—‘for/to the wind’)
TypeNoun
Rootवात (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic speculative seer (variable).
Devata: Vāta (Wind) with Brahmanic-cosmic supports.
Chandas: Likely triṣṭubh/jagatī segment; not strictly determinable from excerpt alone.
Mantra Rasa
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