Mantra 30
Sukta 8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
या आपो याश्च देवता या विराड् ब्रह्मणा सह। शरीरं ब्रह्म प्राविशच्छरीरेऽधि प्रजापतिः
IAST Transliteration
yā́ ā́po yā́ś ca devátā yā́ virā́ḍ bráhmaṇā sahá | śárīraṃ bráhma prā́viśac charī́re ’dhí prajā́patiḥ ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
What Waters there are, and what Divinities, and what Virāj together with Brahman—Brahman entered into the body; and in the body, over it, Prajāpati took his seat.
Word by Word
याःwhich (fem. pl.)
याः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आपःwaters
आपः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक)
याःwhich (fem. pl.)
याः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
देवताःdeities, divine powers
देवताः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेवता (प्रातिपदिक)
याःwhich (fem. pl.)
याः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विराट्Virāj (cosmic metre/expanse)
विराट्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootविराज् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘विराट्’ इति रूपम्)
ब्रह्मणाwith/through brahman (sacred power)
ब्रह्मणा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
सहtogether with
सह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थक)
शरीरम्body
शरीरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्मbrahman (the sacred absolute/power)
ब्रह्म:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन रूप ‘ब्रह्म’)
प्राविशत्entered
प्राविशत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√विश् (विश् प्रवेशने) + प्र-
शरीरेin the body
शरीरे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootशरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
अधिupon, over; in addition
अधि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
प्रजापतिःPrajāpati (Lord of creatures)
प्रजापतिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic speculative tradition (variable)
Devata: Brahman; Prajāpati; Virāj; Āpaḥ
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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