Mantra 48
Sukta 2
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
उदन्वती द्यौरवमा पीलुमतीति मध्यमा। तृतीया ह प्रद्यौरिति यस्यां पितर आसते
IAST Transliteration
udánvatī dyáur avamā́ pī́lumatī́ íti madhyamā́ | tṛtī́yā ha pradyáur íti yásyāṃ pitára āsate ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
‘Watery’ is the lowest heaven; ‘Pīlumatī,’ so they call the middle; the third, verily, is ‘Pradyauḥ’—that wherein the Fathers sit established.
Word by Word
उदन्वतीwater-bearing, having waters
उदन्वती:
विशेषण (कर्तृ-पदस्य) / कर्ता
TypeAdjective
Rootउदन्वत् (प्रातिपदिक) ← उदन् ‘जल’ + वत् (मतुप्)
द्यौःthe sky, heaven
द्यौः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
अवमाlowest
अवमा:
विशेषण (द्यौः)
TypeAdjective
Rootअवम (प्रातिपदिक; अव ‘नीचे’ + तम/म)
पीलुमतीhaving pīlu(-trees/fruit); pīlu-bearing
पीलुमती:
विशेषण (द्यौः)
TypeAdjective
Rootपीलुमत् (प्रातिपदिक) ← पीलु + मतुप्
इतिthus; ‘so called’
इति:
वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरण-चिह्न
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
मध्यमाthe middle (one)
मध्यमा:
कर्तृ (अध्याहृत-‘द्यौः’ का विशेषण)
TypeAdjective (elliptic; with द्यौः understood)
Rootमध्यम (प्रातिपदिक)
तृतीयाthe third (one)
तृतीया:
कर्तृ (अध्याहृत-‘द्यौः’ का विशेषण)
TypeAdjective (elliptic; with द्यौः understood)
Rootतृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
हindeed; verily
ह:
निपात (उद्घोष/प्रबलन)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह
प्रद्यौःthe ‘fore/upper’ heaven; Pradyau (name of the third)
प्रद्यौः:
कर्तृ (नाम-निर्देश)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रद्यौ (प्रातिपदिक; द्यौ with preverb प्र-)
इतिthus
इति:
वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरण-चिह्न
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
यस्याम्in which (in whom)
यस्याम्:
अधिकरण
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पितरःthe Fathers; ancestors
पितरः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
आसतेsit; abide; dwell
आसते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootआस् (धातु) — लट्, आत्मनेपद
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic funerary tradition (AV 18).
Devata: Pitṛs (as residents of Pradyauḥ); the three heavens as cosmological entities.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (didactic naming style)
Mantra Rasa
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