Mantra 10
Sukta 8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
ये त आसन् दश जाता देवा देवेभ्यः पुरा। पुत्रेभ्यो लोकं दत्त्वा कस्मिंस्ते लोक आसते
IAST Transliteration
yé te āsan dáśa jātā́ devā́ devébhyaḥ purā́ | putrébhyo lókaṃ dattvā́ kasmíṃs te lóka āsate
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Those ten Gods who were born of old, before the Gods—having bestowed their world upon their sons, in what realm do they now abide?
Word by Word
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-
तेthey
ते:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आसन्were
आसन्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (भू-सत्तायाम्)
दशten
दश:
Viśeṣaṇa (संख्या-विशेषणम्)
TypeNumeral
Rootदशन्/दश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
जाताःborn
जाताः:
Kartā (ये/ते इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (Participle)
Root√जन् → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
देवाःgods
देवाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
देवेभ्यःto/for the gods
देवेभ्यः:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
पुराformerly, of old
पुरा:
Adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरणम्)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा (अव्यय)
पुत्रेभ्यःto/for (their) sons
पुत्रेभ्यः:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
लोकम्world, realm
लोकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
दत्त्वाhaving given
दत्त्वा:
(क्रियाविशेषणम्—पूर्वकालिकता)
TypeVerb (Gerund)
Root√दा (दाने) → दत्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
कस्मिन्in which?
कस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun (Interrogative)
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेthey
ते:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
लोकःworld, realm
लोकः:
Kartā/Adhikaraṇa (वाक्ये विषयः—‘लोकः’)
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
आसतेsit/dwell
आसते:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√आस् (उपवेशने/आसने)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Primordial ‘ten gods’ (daśa devāḥ) as a collective
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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