Mantra 14

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आचार्योऽ मृत्युर्वरुणः सोम ओषधयः पयः । जीभूता आसन्त्सत्वानस्तैरिदं स्व१राभृतम्

IAST Transliteration

ācā́ryo mṛtyúr váruṇaḥ sóma óṣadhayaḥ páyaḥ | jībhūtā́ āsan sátvānas tair idáṃ svà ā́bhṛtam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Teacher was Death, was Varuṇa; he was Soma, the Plants, the Milk. They became the tongues of living creatures; by them this heaven was brought and won.

Word by Word

• आचार्यः: the teacher (ācārya)
• आचार्यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• मृत्युः: Death
• मृत्युः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

• वरुणः: Varuṇa
• वरुणः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• सोमः: Soma
• सोमः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• ओषधयः: herbs, medicinal plants
• ओषधयः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)

• पयः: milk; nourishing fluid
• पयः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• जीभूताः: having become living/animate
• जीभूताः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (past participle)
• Root: जीभूत (√भू ‘to be’ + जी- उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)

• आसन्: were
• आसन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (to be)

• सत्वानः: beings, creatures
• सत्वानः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सत्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तैः: by/with those
• तैः: करण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वः: in heaven; to the heavenly world
• स्वः: अधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable (locative sense) / Noun
• Root: स्वर्/स्वः (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक ‘heaven’)

• आभृतम्: brought; bestowed; conveyed
• आभृतम्: —
• Type: Adjective/Participle (past passive participle)
• Root: आ-√भृ (to bring, to bestow) + क्त (कृदन्त)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Ācārya/Brahmanical authority as composite of cosmic powers

Chandas: Likely anuṣṭubh-like cadence, but doctrinally compressed

Mantra Rasa

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