Mantra 4
Sukta 11
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यदेनमाह व्रात्योदकमित्यप एव तेनाव रुन्द्धे
IAST Transliteration
yád enam ā́ha vrā́tyó dákam íty apá evá ténā́va runddhe
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
In that he saith unto him, ‘O Vrātya, (here is) water,’—thereby he verily maketh fast the Waters.
Word by Word
यत्when/that which
यत्:
Adhikaraṇa (clausal/relative link)
TypeIndeclinable (relative pronoun used as conjunction) / Pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एनम्him
एनम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; एनद्-आदेश)
आहsaid/called
आह:
(verb)
TypeVerb
Rootअह् (धातु) / √अह् ‘to say’
व्रात्यःthe Vrātya (outsider/ascetic figure)
व्रात्यः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootव्रात्य (प्रातिपदिक)
उदकम्water
उदकम्:
Karma (object of ‘calls’)
TypeNoun
Rootउदक (प्रातिपदिक)
इति‘thus’/“as”
इति:
(marker of quotation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (निपात)
अपःthe waters
अपः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक)
एवindeed/just
एव:
(emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (निपात)
तेनby that/with that
तेन:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अवdown/away; (intensifies ‘shut in’)
अव:
(verbal prefix)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootअव (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
रुन्द्धेshuts in/confines/blocks
रुन्द्धे:
(verb); subject understood = he (Vrātya) or the agent of the act
TypeVerb
Rootरुध् (धातु) ‘to obstruct, confine’
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Vrātya complex)
Devata: Apah (Waters) / Vrātya as recipient-catalyst
Chandas: Ritual prose / explanatory style
Mantra Rasa
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