Mantra 9

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऋचां च वै स साम्नां च यजुषां च ब्रह्मणश्च प्रियं धाम भवति य एवं वेद

IAST Transliteration

ṛcā́m ca váí sá sāmnā́m ca yájuṣā́m ca bráhmaṇaś ca priyáṃ dhā́ma bhávati yá eváṃ véda

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Verily he who thus knoweth becometh a dear abode—beloved station—of the Ṛc-verses, and of the Sāman-chants, and of the Yajus-formulas, and of holy brahman.

Word by Word

• ऋचाम्: of the Ṛc-verses
• ऋचाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of’
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋच् (प्रातिपदिक: ऋच्/ऋचा ‘ऋक्-स्तोत्रम्’)

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

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

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

• साम्नाम्: of the Sāman-chants
• साम्नाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of’
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यजुषाम्: of the Yajus-formulas
• यजुषाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of’
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahman / of sacred power
• ब्रह्मणः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of’
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• प्रियम्: dear, beloved
• प्रियम्: कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध/विशेषण (of धाम)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• धाम: abode / seat / dwelling
• धाम: कर्तृ (with प्रियम्; predicate-nominative with भवति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भवति: becomes / is
• भवति: क्रिया (linking verb: ‘becomes/is’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

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

• एवम्: thus, in this way
• एवम्: क्रियाविशेषण (manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• वेद: knows
• वेद: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with late Atharvanic/Brāhmaṇa-style compilers (sectional tradition rather than a single named ṛṣi).

Devata: Brahman / Vāc (implicit: the Vedic speech-forms Ṛc, Sāman, Yajus).

Chandas: Mixed/Brāhmaṇa-prose cadence (not a strict classical chandas; late AV style).

Mantra Rasa

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