Mantra 152

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अप्रतिष्ठानोऽनायतनो मरिष्यसीत्येनमाह

IAST Transliteration

apratiṣṭhāno ’nāyatano mariṣyásī́ty enam ā́ha

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

‘Unestablished, without a seat, thou shalt perish’: thus spake he unto him.

Word by Word

• अप्रतिष्ठानः: without a firm support; unstable
• अप्रतिष्ठानः: Kartā (उक्त/निहित ‘त्वम्’ के लिए विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अ-प्रतिष्ठान (प्रातिपदिक; प्रति-√स्था + अन्; नञ्-समास) अथवा ‘प्रतिष्ठान’ (नपुं.) का नकारात्मक विशेषण

• अनायतनः: without a resting-place; having no abode
• अनायतनः: Kartā (उक्त/निहित ‘त्वम्’ के लिए विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अ-आयतन (प्रातिपदिक; ‘आयतन’ नपुं. ‘आश्रय/स्थान’ का नकारात्मक विशेषण)

• मरिष्यसि: you will die
• मरिष्यसि: (क्रिया) — कर्ता: त्वम्
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मृ (मरणे)

• इति: thus; ‘saying’
• इति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आह: said; spoke
• आह: (क्रिया) — कर्म: एनम्
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अह्/√ब्रू (वचने) — परम्परागत रूप ‘आह’ (परिपूर्ण/परोक्श भूत)

Attribution

Rishi: Not explicit; narrative voice suggests brāhmaṇa-style instruction.

Devata: Pratiṣṭhā/Āyatana as abstract powers; Death (Mṛtyu) as implicit threat.

Chandas: Irregular/prose-verse.

Mantra Rasa

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