Mantra 7

Sukta 27

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रानेनाग्निं सं सृजति वातः प्राणेन संहितः । प्राणेन विश्वतोमुखं सुर्यं देवा अजनयन्

IAST Transliteration

prā́ṇenāgníṃ sáṃ sṛ́jati vā́taḥ prā́ṇena sáṃhitaḥ | prā́ṇena viśváto-múkhaṃ sū́ryaṃ devā́ ajanayan |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

By Breath the Wind sendeth Fire forth, by Breath compacted and made one. By Breath the Gods engendered Sūrya, the all-faced, looking every way.

Word by Word

• प्राणेन: by/with the breath (life-force)
• प्राणेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निम्: Agni; fire
• अग्निम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together; completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग)

• सृजति: sets in motion; sends forth; produces
• सृजति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु)

• वातः: wind
• वातः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राणेन: by/with breath
• प्राणेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• संहितः: joined; combined; united
• संहितः: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + धा (धातु) → संहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राणेन: by/with breath
• प्राणेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वतः: on all sides; from every direction
• विश्वतः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विश्वतस् (अव्यय)

• मुखम्: face; mouth (in: ‘having faces on all sides’)
• मुखम्: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)

• सूर्यम्: the Sun
• सूर्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अजनयन्: generated; produced; brought forth
• अजनयन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) + अ (सन्/णिच्-प्रेरणार्थक) → जनयति

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (late book; r̥ṣi attribution varies in ancillary lists)

Devata: Prāṇa (as cosmic vital force), with Agni/Vāta/Sūrya as correlated deities

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (late Atharvanic style; metrical regularity is looser in Book 19)

Mantra Rasa

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