Mantra 5
Sukta 3
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
बृहच्च रथंतरं चानूच्ये३ आस्तां यज्ञायज्ञियं च वामदेव्यं च तिरश्च्ये
IAST Transliteration
bṛhác ca rathantarám cānū́cye ā́stām yajñāyajñíyaṃ ca vāmadevyáṃ ca tiraścýe
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Bṛhat and Rathantara stood in the lengthwise line; Yajñāyajñiya and Vāmadevya stood in the crosswise.
Word by Word
बृहत्the Bṛhat (Sāman), the ‘great’ chant
बृहत्:
Kartā (with आस्ताम्)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootबृहत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘महान्/विस्तीर्ण’)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
रथन्तरम्the Rathantara (Sāman)
रथन्तरम्:
Kartā (with आस्ताम्)
TypeNoun (proper/technical)
Rootरथन्तर (प्रातिपदिक; सामविशेष)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
अनूच्येto be recited/intoned after (as an after-chant); fit for after-recitation
अनूच्ये:
Kartā (predicate with आस्ताम्)
TypeAdjective (dual predicate)
Rootअनूच्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अनु-उच्’ से ‘अनुगान/अनुपाठ्य’)
आस्ताम्let the two be / may the two stand (be present)
आस्ताम्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√आस् (आसँ उपवेशने/स्थितौ)
यज्ञायfor the sacrifice
यज्ञाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञियम्sacrificial; worthy of the sacrifice
यज्ञियम्:
Kartā (with आस्ताम्; coordinated) / predicate-qualifier
TypeAdjective
Rootयज्ञिय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘यज्ञ-योग्य/यज्ञ-संबद्ध’)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
वामदेव्यम्the Vāmadevyam (Sāman/chant)
वामदेव्यम्:
Kartā (with आस्ताम्; coordinated) / predicate-qualifier
TypeNoun (proper/technical)
Rootवामदेव्य (प्रातिपदिक; सामविशेष/स्तोत्रविशेष)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
तिरश्च्ये(as) ‘crosswise/oblique’ (chants); fit for the tiras-style recitation
तिरश्च्ये:
Kartā (predicate with आस्ताम्)
TypeAdjective (dual predicate)
Rootतिरश्च्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘तिर्यक्/तिरस्’ से ‘आड्य/तिर्यक्-गान’)
Attribution
Rishi: Speculative Atharvanic tradition (Vrātya/cosmological stratum; r̥ṣi varies by ancillary lists).
Devata: Sāman (chant) as power; implicitly Brahman (sacred utterance).
Chandas: Non-strict/heterometric; bandhu-prose tendency.
Mantra Rasa
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