Mantra 28

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विद्युत् पुंश्चली स्तनयित्नुर्मागधो विज्ञानं वासोऽहरुष्णीषं रात्री केशा हरितौ प्रवर्तौ कल्मलिर्मणिः

IAST Transliteration

vidyút púṃścalī stanayitnúr māgadhó vijñā́naṃ vā́so ’háruṣṇī́ṣaṃ rā́trī kéśā hárītau pravartáu kalmalír maṇíḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Lightning; Puṃścalī; Thunder; the Māgadha; Knowledge; the Garment; Day; the Turban; Night; the Hair; the two Bay ones; the two Impellers; Kalmalī; the Amulet.

Word by Word

• विद्युत्: lightning
• विद्युत्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्युत् (प्रातिपदिक) < √द्युत् (दीप्तौ)

• पुंश्चली: a wanton woman; fickle one
• पुंश्चली: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुंश्चली (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्तनयित्नुः: thunder
• स्तनयित्नुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तनयित्नु (प्रातिपदिक) < √स्तन्/स्तनय् (गर्जने)

• मागधः: a Magadhan; bard/minstrel
• मागधः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मागध (प्रातिपदिक)

• विज्ञानम्: knowledge; discernment
• विज्ञानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक) < वि-√ज्ञा (अवबोधने)

• वासः: garment; clothing
• वासः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अहः: day
• अहः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उष्णीषम्: turban; head-wrap
• उष्णीषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उष्णीष (प्रातिपदिक)

• रात्रीः: nights
• रात्रीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)

• केशाः: hairs
• केशाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: केश (प्रातिपदिक)

• हरितौ: the two tawny ones (often: a pair of tawny horses)
• हरितौ: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: हरित (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रवर्तौ: the two movers/impellers; the two that set in motion
• प्रवर्तौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective (dual)
• Root: प्रवर्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• कल्मलिः: a kind of tree/plant (kalmalī)
• कल्मलिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्मलि (प्रातिपदिक)

• मणिः: jewel; amulet
• मणिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Vratya/Ātharvaṇa tradition

Devata: Vratya’s composite powers (cosmic phenomena + regalia + maṇi)

Chandas: Catalog/nominal litany (non-metrical or irregular)

Mantra Rasa

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