Mantra 8
Sukta 2
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
कीर्तिश्च यशश्च पुरःसरावैनं कीर्तिर्गच्छत्या यशो गच्छति य एवं वेद
IAST Transliteration
kī́rtiś ca yáśaś ca puraḥsarā́v enaṁ kī́rtir gácchaty ā́ yáśo gácchati yá eváṁ véda
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Fame and glory go before him as forerunners: fame goes unto him, glory comes unto him—who thus hath knowledge.
Word by Word
कीर्तिःfame, renown
कीर्तिः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootकीर्ति- (प्रातिपदिक) < √कीर्त्/√कीर् (to praise, proclaim)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
यशःglory, repute
यशः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootयशस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
पुरःसरौthe two forerunners, going in front
पुरःसरौ:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootपुरःसर- (प्रातिपदिक) [पुरः + सर]
एनम्him
एनम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
कीर्तिःfame
कीर्तिः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootकीर्ति- (प्रातिपदिक)
गच्छतिgoes
गच्छति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (गच्छति)
आtowards, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
यशःglory
यशः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootयशस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
गच्छतिgoes
गच्छति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√गम् (गच्छति)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एवम्thus, in this way
एवम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
वेदknows
वेद:
—
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (to know)
Attribution
Rishi: Vratya-corpus attribution (variable).
Devata: Kīrti and Yaśas (personified abstractions).
Chandas: Predominantly anuṣṭubh-like cadence, though Atharvanic diction is freer.
Mantra Rasa
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