Mantra 8

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ब्रह्म च क्षत्रं च राष्ट्रं च विशश्च त्विषिश्च यशश्च वर्चश्च द्रविणं च

IAST Transliteration

bráhma ca kṣatráṃ ca rāṣṭráṃ ca víśaś ca tvíṣiś ca yáśaś ca várchaś ca dráviṇaṃ ca

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Brahman-power and royal power, the realm and the folk; brilliance and fame, lustre and wealth—(all these are imperilled and may depart).

Word by Word

• ब्रह्म: sacred power; Brahman; priestly/spiritual force
• ब्रह्म: Karma (समुच्चित-वस्तु/प्राप्त्यर्थ-गणना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• क्षत्रम्: royal power; kṣatra; warrior/kingly authority
• क्षत्रम्: Karma (समुच्चित)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• राष्ट्रम्: realm; kingdom; polity
• राष्ट्रम्: Karma (समुच्चित)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• विशः: the clans/settlements; the people
• विशः: Karma (समुच्चित)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश् (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• त्विषिः: splendour; brilliance
• त्विषिः: Karma (समुच्चित)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्विषि (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• यशः: fame; renown
• यशः: Karma (समुच्चित)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• वर्चः: radiance; vigor; spiritual lustre
• वर्चः: Karma (समुच्चित)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• द्रविणम्: wealth; property; riches
• द्रविणम्: Karma (समुच्चित)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रविण (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (precise r̥ṣi requires anukramaṇī confirmation)

Devata: Rāṣṭra / Brahma-Kṣatra order (personified social powers)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-series / enumerative (within the mixed-meter block noted for 7–11)

Mantra Rasa

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