Mantra 24

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विराजश्च वै स सर्वेषां च देवानां सर्वासां च देवतानां प्रियं धाम भवति य एवं वेद

IAST Transliteration

virā́jaś ca vaí sá sarvéṣāṃ ca devā́nāṃ sárvāsāṃ ca devatā́nāṃ priyáṃ dhā́ma bhavati yá eváṃ véda

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

And verily he—who thus knoweth—becometh the dear abode of Virāj, and of all the Gods, and of all the Divinities.

Word by Word

• विराजः: of Virāj
• विराजः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराज् (प्रातिपदिक) / विराज्- (स्त्री. नाम)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वै: indeed
• वै: निपात (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• सः: he
• सः: कर्तृ (of भवति)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वासाम्: of all
• सर्वासाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• देवतानाम्: of the deities
• देवतानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रियम्: dear, beloved
• प्रियम्: कर्तृ-समानााधिकरण (predicate adjective to धाम)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• धाम: abode; seat; dwelling
• धाम: कर्तृ-समानााधिकरण (predicate nominative with सः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भवति: becomes
• भवति: क्रिया (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ (of वेद)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एवम्: thus; in this way
• एवम्: प्रकार (manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• वेद: knows
• वेद: क्रिया (relative-clause verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with the Brahmavidyā/Skambha complex of AV Book 15 (seer-attribution varies in ancillary lists).

Devata: Virāj; collectively ‘all gods’ and ‘all devatās’.

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like Atharvanic brāhmaṇa-style diction (not a strict metrical ṛc).

Mantra Rasa

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