Mantra 5
Sukta 8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
इदं सवितर्वि जानीहि षड् यमा एक एकजः । तस्मिन् हापित्वमिछन्ते य एषामेक एकजः
IAST Transliteration
idáṃ savitar ví jānīhi ṣáḍ yamā́ éka ekajáḥ | tásmin ha āpitvám ichante yá eṣā́m éka ekajáḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
This, O Savitar, discern thou clearly: six are the paired ordinances; one is the single-born. In him they seek participation and kinship—he who is, of these, the one single-born.
Word by Word
इदम्this (it)
इदम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सवितःO Savitṛ
सवितः:
(सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootसवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart; distinctly
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
जानीहिknow; recognize
जानीहि:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√ज्ञा (जानीते/जानाति)
षट्six
षट्:
Kartā
TypeNumeral
Rootषष्/षट् (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
यमाःYamas; restrainers (a class of beings)
यमाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootयम (प्रातिपदिक)
एकःone
एकः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective/Numeral
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
एकजःsingle-born; born of one
एकजः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootएकज (प्रातिपदिक; एक + ज ‘born’)
तस्मिन्in him/therein
तस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हindeed
ह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह (निपात)
अपित्वम्companionship; intimate association
अपित्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअपित्व (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सहवास/सङ्ग’)
इच्छन्तेthey desire
इच्छन्ते:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√इष्/√इच्छ् (इच्छति)
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एषाम्of these
एषाम्:
(सम्बन्ध)
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एकःone
एकः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective/Numeral
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
एकजःsingle-born; born of one
एकजः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootएकज (प्रातिपदिक; एक + ज)
Attribution
Rishi: Speculative Atharvanic seer-tradition
Devata: Savitṛ; also the ‘Ekaja’ (unitary source-principle)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (compressed, aphoristic)
Mantra Rasa
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