Mantra 15
Sukta 3
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
ब्रह्मणा परिगृहीता साम्ना पर्यूढा
IAST Transliteration
bráhmaṇā párigṛhītā sā́mnā páryūḍhā
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Grasped round about by holy power, and borne about by the Sāman-chant.
Word by Word
ब्रह्मणाby/with sacred power (brahman)
ब्रह्मणा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
परिगृहीताencompassed/held all around
परिगृहीता:
(कर्मणि प्रयोगे) कर्म-प्रधान; कर्तृ-निर्देशः अप्रकट
TypeVerb (Participle)
Root√ग्रह् (ग्रहण) + परि- (उपसर्ग); क्त (PPP)
साम्नाby/with a sāman-chant
साम्ना:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootसामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
पर्यूढाcarried/borne around; encompassed
पर्यूढा:
(कर्मणि प्रयोगे) कर्म-प्रधान; कर्तृ-निर्देशः अप्रकट
TypeVerb (Participle)
Root√वह् (वहन) + परि- (उपसर्ग); ऊढ (PPP of √वह्)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/Anukramaṇī tradition (specific r̥ṣi not recoverable from the isolated verse alone)
Devata: Brahman / Sāman (personified ritual speech-power)
Chandas: Mixed/technical prose-like pāda; likely treated as anuṣṭubh-seeming segment within a ritual hymn (meter uncertain from the excerpt)
Mantra Rasa
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