Mantra 15

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दूरे पूर्णेन वसति दूर ऊनेन हीयते । महद् यक्षं भुवनस्य मध्ये तस्मै बलिं राष्ट्रभृतो भरन्ति

IAST Transliteration

dūré pūrṇéna vasati dūrā́ ūnéna hīyate | mahád yákṣaṃ bhúvanasya mádhye tásmai balíṃ rāṣṭra-bhṛ́to bharanti ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Far off he dwelleth in his fulness; far off he is diminished by the lacking. A mighty Mystery standeth in the midmost of the world: to him the upholders of the realm bring tribute-offering.

Word by Word

• दूरे: far away
• दूरे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दूर (प्रातिपदिक)

• पूर्णेन: with/through the full (whole)
• पूर्णेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसति: dwells, resides
• वसति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वस् (वसँ निवासे)

• दूरे: far away
• दूरे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दूर (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊनेन: with/through the deficient (less)
• ऊनेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊन (प्रातिपदिक)

• हीयते: diminishes, is reduced
• हीयते: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हा (हाण् त्यागे) / √ही (ह्यायते क्षये) — प्रयोगः: हीयते

• महत्: great
• महत्: Kartā (विशेष्य-समन्वयेन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यक्षम्: the wondrous/powerful being (yakṣa)
• यक्षम्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• भुवनस्य: of the world
• भुवनस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक)

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (locative used adverbially)
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• तस्मै: to him/that (one)
• तस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• बलिम्: tribute, offering
• बलिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक)

• राष्ट्रभृतः: the realm-supporters (kings/maintainers of the kingdom)
• राष्ट्रभृतः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (agentive)
• Root: राष्ट्रभृत् (राष्ट्र + √भृ ‘to bear’, कृत्-प्रातिपदिक)

• भरन्ति: they bear/bring, offer
• भरन्ति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भृञ् धारणे)

Attribution

Rishi: AV 10.8 brahmodya tradition (often anonymous/collective).

Devata: Mahad Yakṣa (numinous central power; often interpreted as Prajāpati/Brahman).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (longer pādas; AV metrical variability acknowledged).

Mantra Rasa

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