Mantra 9

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आयुश्च रूपं च नाम च कीर्तिश्च प्राणश्चापानश्च चक्षुश्च श्रोत्रं च

IAST Transliteration

ā́yuś ca rū́paṃ ca nā́ma ca kī́rtiś ca prāṇáś cāpānáś ca cákṣuś ca śrótraṃ ca

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Life and comely form, name and fame; in-breath and out-breath, sight and hearing—(these too are lost when order is violated, and are to be secured by rite).

Word by Word

• आयुः: life-span, longevity
• आयुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• रूपम्: form, appearance
• रूपम्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• नाम: name
• नाम: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• कीर्तिः: fame, renown
• कीर्तिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• प्राणः: in-breath, vital breath
• प्राणः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• अपानः: out-breath, downward vital air
• अपानः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपान (प्रातिपदिक)

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

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

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

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

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

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (precise r̥ṣi requires anukramaṇī confirmation)

Devata: Āyus, Prāṇa/Apāna, and the senses (personified vital powers)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-series / enumerative

Mantra Rasa

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