Mantra 13
Sukta 7
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
नव भूमीः समुद्रा उच्छिष्टेऽअधि श्रिता दिवः । आ सूर्यो भात्युच्छिष्टेऽहोरात्रे अपि तन्मयि
IAST Transliteration
náva bhū́mīḥ samudrā́ ucchíṣṭe ’dhí śritā́ diváḥ | ā́ sū́ryo bhā́ty ucchíṣṭe ’horātré ápi tánmayi
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Nine earths and oceans, of heaven, rest thereon in Ucchiṣṭa; the Sun shines forth in Ucchiṣṭa—day and night also are of that very substance.
Word by Word
नवnine
नव:
Karma (भूमीः इत्यस्य विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective (Numeral)
Rootनव (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
भूमीःearths/regions (the nine earths)
भूमीः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
समुद्राःoceans
समुद्राः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
उच्छिष्टेin/within the Ucchiṣṭa (the Residue/Remnant as a cosmic principle)
उच्छिष्टे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun/Adjective (locative used substantively)
Rootउच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण, √शिष्/शेष् ‘अवशेषे’ इत्यर्थे ‘अवशिष्ट’)
अधिupon, over
अधि:
Adhikaraṇa (उपरि/अधिष्ठाने सूचकः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
श्रिताःresting/placed (supported)
श्रिताः:
Kartā (समुद्राः—‘श्रिताः’ इति)
TypeVerb-derived adjective/Participle
Root√श्रि (श्रयति) + क्त (श्रित)
दिवःof heaven/sky
दिवः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
आforth, towards (intensively)
आ:
(क्रियाविशेषण-भावः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
सूर्यःthe Sun
सूर्यः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
भातिshines
भाति:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भा (भाति)
उच्छिष्टेin the Ucchiṣṭa
उच्छिष्टे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun/Adjective (locative used substantively)
Rootउच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
अहोरा॒त्रेday and night
अहोरा॒त्रे:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअहोरात्र (प्रातिपदिक; अहन् + रात्रि समासः)
अपिalso, even
अपि:
(समुच्चय/अपि-भावः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
तत्that (all that)
तत्:
Kartā/Theme (मयि इत्यत्र समासङ्गः—‘that (all) … in me’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मयिin me
मयि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous
Devata: Ucchiṣṭa (with Sūrya as manifest correlate)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like, cosmological
Mantra Rasa
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