Mantra 9

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तामासन्दीं व्रात्य आरोहत्

IAST Transliteration

tā́m āsandī́m vrātyá ā́rohat

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Upon that seat-bench the Vrātya mounted.

Word by Word

• तामासन्दीम्: the dark couch/seat (a ‘tamas’-seat; dark resting-place)
• तामासन्दीम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: तामासन्दी (प्रातिपदिक; तामस् + सन्दी) अथवा तामसी-सन्दी (समास/वृद्धि-निर्माण)

• व्रात्यः: the Vrātya (wandering ascetic/outside-the-orthodox figure)
• व्रात्यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रात्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• आरोहत्: ascended / mounted
• आरोहत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रुह् (रुहँ; ‘to ascend, mount’) with उपसर्ग आ-

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally connected with the Vrātya complex (Atharvanic/Angirasa milieu; hymn-level attribution varies by anukramaṇī traditions)

Devata: Vrātya (personified sacral leader) / enthroned sacral power

Chandas: Prose/Anuṣṭubh-fragment style typical of AV 15 Vrātya sections (mixed; requires full hymn metrical audit)

Mantra Rasa

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