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Mantra 14

Sukta 7

उपहव्यं विषूवन्तं ये च यज्ञा गुहा हिताः । बिभर्ति भर्ता विश्वस्योच्छिष्टो जनितुः पिता

upahávyàṃ viṣūvántaṃ yé ca yajñā́ guhā́ hitā́ḥ | bíbhar­ti bhartā́ víśvasyócchiṣṭó janitúḥ pitā́

The subsidiary invocation, the Vishūvant rite, and whatsoever sacrifices are laid away in secret—Ucchiṣṭa, the Upholder of the All, beareth them: he is the Father of the Begetter.

उप-हव्यम्fit to be invoked/offered; an oblation to be called upon
उप-हव्यम्:
Karma (यज्ञ/हव्य-सम्बन्धित ‘जिसे आह्वान/आहुति के लिए प्रस्तुत किया गया’)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootउप-हव्य (प्रातिपदिक; √हू ‘आह्वाने’ से निष्पन्न) अथवा ‘उप’+‘हव्य’
विषूवन्तम्widely spreading; pervading in many directions
विषूवन्तम्:
Karma (उप-हव्यम् के विशेषण/समन्वय) अथवा Karma (यम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootविषूवन्त (प्रातिपदिक; ‘विषू’ + वन्त प्रत्यय)
येwho; those who
ये:
Kartā (सापेक्ष-उपवाक्य का कर्ता) / सम्बन्धसूचक
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
and
:
— (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
यज्ञाःsacrifices; rites
यज्ञाः:
Kartā (ये… यज्ञाः) / विषय
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
गुहायाम्in a cave; in a hidden place
गुहायाम्:
Adhikaraṇa (स्थान)
TypeNoun
Rootगुहा (प्रातिपदिक)
हिताःplaced; deposited; set
हिताः:
Kartā-सम्बन्धी विशेषण (यज्ञाः… हिताः) / कर्मणि-भाव
TypeAdjective (PPP)
Root√धा ‘धारणे’ → ‘हित’ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; past passive participle)
बिभर्तिbears; supports; carries
बिभर्ति:
क्रिया (मुख्य) — कर्ता: भर्ता/उच्छिष्टः
TypeVerb
Root√भृ ‘धारणे’
भर्ताthe bearer; supporter
भर्ता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Root√भृ ‘धारणे’ → ‘भर्तृ’ (कर्तृवाचक)
विश्वस्यof all; of the whole universe
विश्वस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of all/ of the universe’
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
उच्छिष्टःthe remainder; the leavings (sacral ‘leftover’ power)
उच्छिष्टः:
Kartā (भर्ता के साथ समन्वय/अप्पोज़िशन)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootउच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; ‘उत्’+√शिष्/शेष ‘अवशेषे’ से ‘शिष्ट/शेष’ भाव)
जनितुःof the begetter; of the progenitor
जनितुः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of the begetter’
TypeNoun
Root√जन् ‘जन्मनि’ → ‘जनितृ’ (कर्तृवाचक)
पिताfather
पिता:
Kartā/समन्वय (भर्ता/उच्छिष्टः के साथ)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic seers (Ucchiṣṭa-hymn complex; r̥ṣi attribution varies in ancillary lists)

Devata: Ucchiṣṭa (personified Remnant/Residue as cosmic principle)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (mixed/irregular in this hymn section; often treated as triṣṭubh in practice)

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