Mantra 10

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्य देवजनाः परिष्कन्दा आसन्त्संकल्पाः प्रहाय्या३ विश्वानि भूतान्युपसदः

IAST Transliteration

tásya devajanā́ḥ pariskandā́ ā́san saṃkalpā́ḥ prahāyyā̀ḥ víśvāni bhūtā́ny upasádaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

His were the divine peoples as encircling guards; his purposes were sent forth; all beings were his sitters-near, his attendants.

Word by Word

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

• देवजनाः: the god-people / divine beings
• देवजनाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-जन (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• परिष्कन्दाः: surrounding assailants / those who rush around
• परिष्कन्दाः: कर्तृ (देवजनाः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्/समनाधिकरणम्)
• Type: Noun (agentive/participial) / Adjective
• Root: परि-स्कन्द (कृदन्त; √स्कन्द् ‘to leap/assail’)

• आसन्: were
• आसन्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् ‘to be’

• संकल्पाः: intentions, resolves
• संकल्पाः: कर्तृ/समनाधिकरण (आसन् इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकल्प (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रहाय्याः: to be abandoned / rejectable
• प्रहाय्याः: विशेषण (संकल्पाः)
• Type: Adjective (gerundive) / Noun-like
• Root: प्र-हाय्य (कृदन्त; √हा ‘to abandon’ + य्य-प्रत्यय)

• विश्वानि: all (things)
• विश्वानि: कर्म (उपसदः इत्यस्य) / समुच्चय-वाचक
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: विश्व (सर्व/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• भूतानि: beings, creatures
• भूतानि: कर्म (विश्वानि इत्यस्य विशेष्य/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (कृदन्त; √भू ‘to be’ → ‘become, being’)

• उपसदः: approachers, attendants, those who come near
• उपसदः: कर्तृ (आसन् इत्यस्य; ‘विश्वानि भूतानि’ इत्यस्य विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Noun (agent noun) / Adjective
• Root: उप-सद् (कृदन्त; √सद् ‘to sit/approach’)

Attribution

Rishi: Vrātya-cycle tradition (Atharvanic)

Devata: Vrātya / universal retinue (devajanāḥ, bhūtāni) as subordinated powers

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like Atharvanic style (requires full hymn scan)

Mantra Rasa

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