Mantra 10

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स बृहतीं दिशमनु व्यऽचलत्

IAST Transliteration

sá bṛhatī́ṃ díśam ánu vy-àcalat

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He went forth along the Bṛhatī direction—the great quarter.

Word by Word

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

• बृहतीम्: the great/lofty (one); (here) the great (direction/region)
• बृहतीम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: बृहती (प्रातिपदिक; ‘बृहत्’ से)

• दिशम्: direction, quarter
• दिशम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: after, along, following
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

• व्यचलत्: moved forth, went along
• व्यचलत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: चल् (धातु) + वि (उपसर्ग)

Attribution

Rishi: Late Atharvanic compilers (sectional attribution).

Devata: Diś (the Quarters) / Bṛhatī (personified).

Chandas: Brāhmaṇa-like short cadence; not securely metrical.

Mantra Rasa

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