Mantra 1
Sukta 5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
विद्म ते स्वप्न जनित्रं ग्राह्याः पुत्रोऽसि यमस्य करणः
IAST Transliteration
vidmá te svapna janítraṃ grāhyā́ḥ putró ’si yámasya káraṇaḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
We know thy birthplace, O Sleep; thou art to be seized: thou art the son of Yama, an instrument of his working.
Word by Word
विद्मwe know
विद्म:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (विदँ) ‘जानने’
तेfor you / of you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
स्वप्नO Sleep (Dream)
स्वप्न:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootस्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक)
जनित्रम्begetter; origin
जनित्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजनित्र (प्रातिपदिक; √जन् ‘जन्म’ से)
ग्राह्याःseizable; to be grasped
ग्राह्याः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootग्राह्य (प्रातिपदिक; √ग्रह् ‘ग्रहण’ से, ‘to be seized/held’)
पुत्रःson
पुत्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
असिyou are
असि:
(copula)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् ‘भू’
यमस्यof Yama
यमस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootयम (प्रातिपदिक)
करणःdoer; agent; instrument (as a personified ‘maker’)
करणः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootकरण (प्रातिपदिक; √कृ ‘करण’ से)
Attribution
Rishi: To be confirmed from Anukramaṇī for 16.5.
Devata: Svapna (Sleep/Dream) as adversarial personification; Yama as implied overlord
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like; to be verified.
Mantra Rasa
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