Mantra 6
Sukta 8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
आविः सन्निहितं गुहा जरन्नाम महत् पदम्। तत्रेदं सर्वमार्पितमेजत् प्राणत् प्रतिष्ठितम्
IAST Transliteration
āvíḥ sannihitáṃ gúhā járan nā́ma mahát padám | tátrédáṃ sárvam ārpitám éjat prāṇát prátiṣṭhitam
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Manifest, yet laid away in secrecy, is the great station, ancient by name. Therein is all this fastened—moving, breathing—set firm in its abiding-place.
Word by Word
आविःthe ewe; sheep (as the subject)
आविः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootआविः (प्रातिपदिक)
सन्निहितम्placed/laid down; deposited
सन्निहितम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (past passive participle)
Root√धा (नि-धा) → निहित; उपसर्ग: सम्+नि
गुहाin the cave; in the hidden place
गुहा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगुहा (प्रातिपदिक)
जरन्aging; old
जरन्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective/Participle
Root√जॄ/जर् (जरति) (वर्तमान कृदन्त/वर्तमाने कृदन्तः)
नामname
नाम:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
महत्great
महत्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
पदम्step; place; station
पदम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपद (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्रthere; in that (place)
तत्र:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सर्वम्all; entire
सर्वम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
आर्पितम्fixed/fastened; set; placed upon
आर्पितम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (past passive participle)
Root√ऋ (आ-ऋ/आर्पयति) → आर्पित (कर्मणि भूतकृदन्त)
एजत्moving; stirring; trembling
एजत्:
Karma
TypeParticiple (present active)
Root√एज् (एजति)
प्राणत्breathing; living
प्राणत्:
Karma
TypeParticiple (present active)
Root√अन्/प्राण् (प्राणिति) (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
प्रतिष्ठितम्established; firmly set
प्रतिष्ठितम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (past passive participle)
Root√स्था (प्रति-स्था) → प्रतिष्ठित (कर्मणि भूतकृदन्त)
Attribution
Rishi: Speculative Atharvanic seer-tradition
Devata: Pratiṣṭhā/Brahman as foundation; secondarily Prāṇa
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (compact, gnomic)
Mantra Rasa
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