Mantra 19

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अर्धमासाश्च मासाश्चार्तवा ऋतुभिः सह। उच्छिष्टे घोषिणीरापः स्तनयित्नुः श्रुतिर्मही

IAST Transliteration

ardhamāsā́ś ca mā́sāś cārtavā́ ṛtúbhiḥ sahá | ucchíṣṭe ghoṣíṇīr ā́paḥ stanayitnúḥ śrútiḥ mahī́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Fortnights and months, and the seasonal times together with the seasons—within Ucchiṣṭa: the loud-resounding Waters, the Thunder, and mighty Śruti.

Word by Word

• अर्धमासाः: half-months (fortnights)
• अर्धमासाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्धमास (प्रातिपदिक; अर्ध + मास)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मासाः: months
• मासाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ऋतवः: seasons
• ऋतवः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋतु (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋतुभिः: with the seasons
• ऋतुभिः: सह/साकं-योगे (सहकारकः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋतु (प्रातिपदिक)

• सह: together with
• सह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• उच्छिष्टे: in/at the leavings; in the remainder
• उच्छिष्टे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)

• घोषिणीः: sounding, resounding (ones)
• घोषिणीः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: घोषिणी (प्रातिपदिक; घोषिन्-स्त्री)

• आपः: waters
• आपः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्/आप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्तनयित्नुः: thundering; thunderous
• स्तनयित्नुः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तनयित्नु (प्रातिपदिक; स्तनय्-धातु से)

• श्रुतिः: hearing; report; sound
• श्रुतिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुति (प्रातिपदिक; √श्रु से)

• मही: great, mighty
• मही: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with Atharvanic seers (Ucchiṣṭa-hymn complex; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī traditions).

Devata: Ucchiṣṭa (personified Residue) with cosmic correlates (Waters, Thunder, Śruti).

Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (exact metrical classification varies across verses in AVŚ 11.7).

Mantra Rasa

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