Mantra 24
Sukta 3
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
नाल्प इति ब्रूयान्नानुपसेचन इति नेदं च किं चेति
IAST Transliteration
nā́lpa íti brūyān nā́nupasecana íti nédaṃ ca kím cétí
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Let him not say, ‘It is but little’; nor, ‘It is without moistening’; nor yet, ‘What is this, forsooth?’
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निषेध)
अल्पःsmall; insignificant
अल्पः:
Kartā (उक्त/निहितः) / विधेय-विशेषणम्
TypeAdjective
Rootअल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
इतिthus; ‘…’ (quotative)
इति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
ब्रूयात्should say
ब्रूयात्:
— (आज्ञा/विधि)
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (वचने)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निषेध)
अनुपसेचनःnot to be sprinkled/irrigated; not requiring moistening
अनुपसेचनः:
Kartā (उक्त/निहितः) / विधेय-विशेषणम्
TypeAdjective
Rootअनु-उप-सेच (सेचने) → अनुपसेचन (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
इतिthus; ‘…’
इति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निषेध)
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma (ब्रूयात्—‘this’ as what is said) / विषयः
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
किम्what?
किम्:
Karma/विषयः (ब्रूयात्—‘what?’ as what is said) / प्रश्न-विषयः
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
इतिthus; ‘…’
इति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Odana/Anna; also Vāc (speech) implicitly as the operative power
Chandas: Irregular; aphoristic prohibitive style
Mantra Rasa
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