Mantra 49

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सूर्याचन्द्रमसाभ्यामक्षीभ्याम्

IAST Transliteration

sū́ryācandramasā́bhyām akṣī́bhyām

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With the Sun and Moon for thine eyes.

Word by Word

• सूर्याचन्द्रमसाभ्याम्: by/with the sun and the moon
• सूर्याचन्द्रमसाभ्याम्: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य- + चन्द्रमस्- (प्रातिपदिकद्वयम्; समाहार-द्वन्द्व/इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व समास)

• अक्षीभ्याम्: by/with (the two) eyes
• अक्षीभ्याम्: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षि- (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain from excerpt alone.

Devata: Sūrya and Candramas (as the two eyes); Cakṣus (Sight).

Chandas: Fragment/prose (mantric nominal phrase).

Mantra Rasa

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