Mantra 7

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अयं वा उ अग्निर्ब्रह्मासावादित्यः क्षत्रम्

IAST Transliteration

ayáṃ vá u agnír brahmā́ asā́v ādityáḥ kṣatrám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This, verily—this Agni—is Brahman; yonder Āditya is Kṣatra, the royal might.

Word by Word

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Kartā (सम्बन्ध/निर्देशन-कर्ता; वाक्ये विषयः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अयम्

• वै: indeed, surely
• वै: — (वाक्य-प्रयोगे बल/निश्चयार्थकः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात)

• उ: and/also (emphatic particle)
• उ: — (अनुनासिक/अनुवाद/उपपादक-निपातः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (निपात)

• अग्निः: Agni; fire
• अग्निः: Kartā (वाक्ये विषयः; ‘अयम्’ इत्यस्य विशेष्यः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā / the sacred power (brahman)
• ब्रह्मा: Kartā/Predicate-nominative (समानााधिकरणम्: ‘अग्निः’ इत्यस्य अभेद-विधेयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ब्रह्मा’ इति प्रथमा-एकवचन-रूपम्)

• असौ: that (yonder one)
• असौ: Kartā (सम्बन्ध/निर्देशन-कर्ता; वाक्ये विषयः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → असौ

• आदित्यः: Āditya; the Sun
• आदित्यः: Kartā/Predicate-nominative (समानााधिकरणम्: ‘असौ’ इत्यस्य अभेद-विधेयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षत्रम्: kṣatra; royal power, sovereignty
• क्षत्रम्: Kartā/Predicate-nominative (समानााधिकरणम्: पूर्वोक्तयोः अभेद-विधेयम्—‘(एतत्) क्षत्रम्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with Atharvanic/Brāhmaṇa-style speculation (AV 15 is largely doctrinal); specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition.

Devata: Agni and Āditya (as embodiments of Brahman and Kṣatra)

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like (AV 15 often exhibits brāhmaṇa-style cadence rather than strict RV meters)

Mantra Rasa

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