Mantra 6
Sukta 34
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
त्रिष्ट्वा देवा अजनयन् निष्ठितं भूम्यामधि । तमु त्वाङ्गिरा इति ब्राह्मणाः पूर्व्या विदुः
IAST Transliteration
tríṣ ṭvā devā́ ajanayan níṣṭhitaṃ bhū́myām ádhi | tám u tvā́ṅgirā́ íti brāhmaṇā́ḥ pū́rvyā viduḥ ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Thrice did the Gods beget thee, set firm upon the earth. The ancient Brahmans, verily, have known thee as ‘Angiras’.
Word by Word
त्रिष्ट्वा(the metre) Triṣṭubh
त्रिष्ट्वा:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootत्रिष्टु (प्रातिपदिक) / त्रिष्टुभ् (छन्दस्-नाम)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
अजनयन्generated, produced
अजनयन्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (जनने) [णिच्]
निष्ठितम्set/placed; established
निष्ठितम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootनि-√स्था (स्थितौ) → निष्ठित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
भूम्याम्on/within the earth
भूम्याम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
अधिupon, over
अधि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/preposition)
Rootअधि
तम्him/that
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उindeed; and
उ:
(निपात)
TypeParticle
Rootउ
त्वाyou
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
अङ्गिराःthe Aṅgirasas (seers)
अङ्गिराः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्गिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
इतिthus; as (called)
इति:
(उद्धरण/वाक्य-समाप्ति)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
ब्राह्मणाःthe Brāhmaṇas (priests/learned)
ब्राह्मणाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
पूर्व्याःthe former/ancient (ones)
पूर्व्याः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व्य (प्रातिपदिक)
विदुःknow; have known
विदुः:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (ज्ञाने)
Attribution
Rishi: Angiras-line association implied (traditional attribution complex)
Devata: Jāṅgiḍa (as Angiras-like power); gods as originators
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
Mantra Rasa
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