Mantra 32
Sukta 8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तस्माद् वै विद्वान् पुरुषमिदं ब्रह्मेति मन्यते । सर्वा ह्यऽस्मिन् देवता गावो गोष्ठ इवासते
IAST Transliteration
tásmād vái vidvā́n púruṣam idáṃ bráhmeti mányate | sárvā hí ’smín devátā gā́vo goṣṭhá ivā́sate ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Therefore the knower holds the Person to be this Brahman: for in him all the Divinities abide, as cows abide within the cattle-stall.
Word by Word
तस्मात्therefore; from that
तस्मात्:
Apādāna
TypeIndeclinable (pronominal form used adverbially)
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → तस्मद्-
वैindeed
वै:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (निपात)
विद्वान्the knower; the learned one
विद्वान्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective/Noun
Root√विद् (जानने) → विद्वस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
पुरुषम्the Person (Puruṣa)
पुरुषम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma (in apposition)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्मBrahman; the sacred absolute
ब्रह्म:
Karma (as content of thought/identification)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; नपुंसकलिङ्ग-रूप: ब्रह्म)
इतिthus; ‘as’
इति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (निपात)
मन्यतेhe thinks; he considers
मन्यते:
—
TypeVerb
Root√मन् (मन्यते ‘to think, consider’)
सर्वाःall
सर्वाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसर्व (सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
हिfor; indeed
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
अस्मिन्in him/this (in this Puruṣa/Brahman)
अस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अस्मिन्
देवताःdeities; divine powers
देवताः:
Kartā (apposition to सर्वाः)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवता (प्रातिपदिक)
गावःcows
गावः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
गोस्थेin the cowshed
गोस्थे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगो-स्थ (समास-प्रातिपदिक: ‘cow-stand’) → गोष्ठ
इवlike; as if
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (उपमा-अव्यय)
आसतेthey sit; they dwell
आसते:
—
TypeVerb
Root√आस् (उपवेशने/स्थितौ ‘to sit, dwell’)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic speculative tradition (variable)
Devata: Brahman/Puruṣa (as totality containing all devatās)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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