Mantra 4

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

बृहतश्च वै स रथंतरस्य चादित्यानां च विश्वेषां च देवानां प्रियं धाम भवति तस्य प्राच्यां दिशि

IAST Transliteration

bṛhatáś ca váí sá rathantarásya cā́dityānā́ṃ ca víśveṣāṃ ca devā́nāṃ priyáṃ dhā́ma bhavati tásya prā́cyāṃ díśi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Dear dwelling-place of Bṛhat and of Rathantara, of the Ādityas and of all the Gods, verily he becometh—his station is in the eastern quarter.

Word by Word

• बृहतः: of the Bṛhat (Sāman)
• बृहतः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• वै: indeed
• वै: निपात (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात)

• सः: he/that (one)
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रथंतरस्य: of the Rathantara (Sāman)
• रथंतरस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथंतर (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• आदित्यानाम्: of the Ādityas
• आदित्यानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• विश्वेषाम्: of all
• विश्वेषाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (सर्व/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रियम्: dear, beloved
• प्रियम्: Kartṛ-sāmānādhikaraṇya (predicate with subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• धाम: abode; station; dwelling
• धाम: Kartṛ-sāmānādhikaraṇya (predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भवति: becomes; is
• भवति: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राच्याम्: in the eastern
• प्राच्याम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (directional)
• Root: प्राची (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिशि: direction
• दिशि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Vrātya-cycle attribution (varies)

Devata: Bṛhat, Rathantara, Ādityas, Viśve Devāḥ; Prācī Diś (locative power)

Chandas: Brāhmaṇa-like prose with metrical cadence

Mantra Rasa

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