Mantra 7
Sukta 4
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
नमस्ते अस्त्वायते नमो अस्तु परायते। नमस्ते प्राण तिष्ठत आसीनायोत ते नमः
IAST Transliteration
námas te astv āyáté námo astu parāyáté | námas te prāṇa tíṣṭhate āsīnā́yóta te námaḥ ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Homage be unto thee as thou goest forth; homage be unto thee as thou departest. Homage to thee, O Prāṇa, as thou standest; and to thee as thou sittest—yea, homage unto thee.
Word by Word
नमःobeisance, salutation
नमः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
तेto you / your
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्तुlet it be
अस्तु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
आयतेto the extended/lofty one
आयते:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootआयत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √यम् ‘to stretch/extend’ → ‘आयत’ = विस्तीर्ण/दीर्घ)
नमःobeisance
नमः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्तुlet it be
अस्तु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
परायतेto the far/supreme one
परायते:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
नमःobeisance
नमः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
तेto you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
प्राणO Prāṇa (life-breath)
प्राण:
—
TypeNoun (vocative address)
Rootप्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
तिष्ठतstand / remain
तिष्ठत:
—
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु)
आसीनायto the seated one
आसीनाय:
Sampradāna
TypeParticiple (used substantively)
Rootआसीन (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √आस् ‘to sit’ → ‘आसीन’ = उपविष्ट)
उतand also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात/अव्यय)
तेto you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नमःobeisance
नमः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic seer-tradition (Prāṇa-stuti complex)
Devata: Prāṇa
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely)
Mantra Rasa
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