Mantra 2

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

द्यावापृथिवी श्रोत्रे सूर्याचन्द्रमसावक्षिणी सप्तऋषयः प्राणापानाः

IAST Transliteration

dyā́vā-pṛthivī́ śrótre sū́ryā-candramásāv ákṣiṇī saptá-ṛ́ṣayaḥ prāṇāpānā́ḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Heaven and Earth are the ears; Sun and Moon are the eyes; the Seven Seers are the in-breath and the out-breath.

Word by Word

• द्यावापृथिवी: heaven-and-earth
• द्यावापृथिवी: Kartā
• Type: Noun (समाहार-द्वन्द्व)
• Root: द्यौ- (प्रातिपदिक) + पृथिवी- (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रोत्रे: (two) ears
• श्रोत्रे: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रोत्र- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ: sun and moon
• सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun (द्वन्द्व)
• Root: सूर्य- (प्रातिपदिक) + चन्द्रमस्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अक्षिणी: (two) eyes
• अक्षिणी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (Numeral)
• Root: सप्तन् (संख्याशब्द)

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राणापानाः: in-breath and out-breath (vital airs)
• प्राणापानाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (द्वन्द्व)
• Root: प्राण- (प्रातिपदिक) + अपान- (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (bandhu section; specific r̥ṣi not supplied in the input)

Devata: Dyāvā-Pṛthivī; Sūrya-Candramas; Saptaṛṣi; Prāṇa-Apāna (as powers)

Chandas: Prose/identificatory style

Mantra Rasa

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