Mantra 11
Sukta 6
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
तमितिहासश्च पुराणं च गाथाश्च नाराशंसीश्चानुव्यऽचलन्
IAST Transliteration
tám itihāsáś ca purāṇáṃ ca gā́thāś ca nārāśaṃsī́ś cā́nu vy-àcalan
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
After him moved Itihāsa and Purāṇa, and the Gāthās, and the Nārāśaṃsī praises, following in his train.
Word by Word
तम्that (it)
तम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इतिहासःlegend, traditional account (itihāsa)
इतिहासः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootइतिहास (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
पुराणम्ancient lore, purāṇa
पुराणम्:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootपुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
गाथाःsongs, verses (gāthās)
गाथाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootगाथा (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
नाराशंसीःpraises of men/heroic eulogies (nārāśaṃsīs)
नाराशंसीः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootनाराशंसी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘नराशंस’ सम्बन्धिनी)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
अनुव्यचलन्followed/moved along (after it)
अनुव्यचलन्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootव्यचल् (धातु; चल्/चलति-समूहः) उपसर्गौ: अनु- + वि-
Attribution
Rishi: Late Atharvanic compilers (sectional).
Devata: Vāc / textual genres personified.
Chandas: Brāhmaṇa-like cadence.
Mantra Rasa
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