Mantra 2

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तं प्रजापतिश्च परमेष्ठी च पिता च पितामहश्चापश्च श्रद्धा च वर्षं भूत्वानुव्यऽवर्तयन्त

IAST Transliteration

táṃ prajā́patiś ca parameṣṭhī́ ca pitā́ ca pitāmaháś cā́paś ca śraddhā́ ca várṣaṃ bhūtvā́ ánu ví avartayanta

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Him Prajāpati and Parameṣṭhin, and the Father and the Grandfather—yea, the Waters, and Faith, and Rain—having become these, they set him turning, following him on every side.

Word by Word

• तम्: him / that (one)
• तम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रजापतिः: Prajāpati
• प्रजापतिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• परमेष्ठी: Paramēṣṭhin (the Highest One)
• परमेष्ठी: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (epithet/title)
• Root: परमेष्ठिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• पिता: father
• पिता: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• पितामहः: grandfather / forefather
• पितामहः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• आपः: waters
• आपः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक; नित्यबहुवचन)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• श्रद्धा: faith / trust
• श्रद्धा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• वर्षम्: rain / rainfall
• वर्षम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: —
• Type: Verb (absolutive)
• Root: भू (धातु)

• अनुव्यवर्तयन्त: they caused (it) to proceed/turn along; they set in motion
• अनुव्यवर्तयन्त: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु) with causative vartay-; upasargas: अनु + वि + अव

Attribution

Rishi: Book 15 speculative tradition (variable).

Devata: Āpas (Waters), Śraddhā (Faith), Varṣa (Rain), with Prajāpati/Parameṣṭhin as overarching authorities.

Chandas: Prose-like Atharvanic style.

Mantra Rasa

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