Mantra 24

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्राणापानौ चक्षुः श्रोत्रमक्षितिश्च क्षितिश्च या। उच्छिष्टाज्जज्ञिरे सर्वे दिवि देवा दिविश्रितः

IAST Transliteration

prā́ṇāpānāú cákṣuḥ śrótram ákṣitiś ca kṣítiś ca yā́ | úcchiṣṭāj jajñiré sárve diví devā́ diviśritáḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

In-breath and out-breath, sight and hearing, imperishableness and firm standing—whatsoever these be: from the Leftover were they all brought forth, the Gods who in the heaven abide, heaven-established.

Word by Word

• प्राण: in-breath, vital breath
• प्राण: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्र-√अन्/अन् ‘श्वास’ इत्यर्थे; प्रातिपदिक)

• अपानौ: out-breath (apāna); (together with prāṇa) the two breaths
• अपानौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपान (अप-√अन्/अन्; प्रातिपदिक)

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

• चक्षुः: eye, sight
• चक्षुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रोत्रम्: ear, hearing
• श्रोत्रम्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अक्षितिः: imperishability, undecay
• अक्षितिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षिति (अ-क्षिति; प्रातिपदिक)

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

• क्षितिः: earth; dwelling/place
• क्षितिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षिति (√क्षि/क्षि ‘क्षय/निवास’ इत्यादि; प्रातिपदिक)

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

• या: which (she/that)
• या: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उच्छिष्टात्: from the remainder, from what is left over
• उच्छिष्टात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)

• जज्ञिरे: were born, came into being
• जज्ञिरे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन्

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिवि: in heaven, in the sky
• दिवि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिवि: in heaven
• दिवि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रितः: resting/abiding (there), having resorted to
• श्रितः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √श्रि (क्त-प्रत्यय; ‘श्रित’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages for this cosmogonic section)

Devata: Ucchiṣṭa (personified ‘Leftover’ as generative principle); secondarily the Devāḥ

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of ~8 syllables; Atharvanic anuṣṭubh with minor irregularities)

Mantra Rasa

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