Mantra 3
Sukta 47
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
ये ते रात्रि नृचक्षसो द्रष्टारो नवतीर्नव । अशीतिः सन्त्यष्टा उतो ते सप्त सप्ततिः
IAST Transliteration
yé te rā́tri nr̥-cákṣaso draṣṭā́ro navatī́r náva | aśītíḥ sánty aṣṭā́ utó te saptá saptatíḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
They who are thine, O Night, the man-beholding watchers—nine-and-ninety; and there are eight-and-eighty; and thine, moreover, are seven-and-seventy.
Word by Word
येwho/which (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
तेyour/of you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
रात्रिO Night
रात्रि:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootरात्रि (prātipadika)
नृचक्षसःhaving men as (their) sight / man-seeing
नृचक्षसः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootनृचक्षस् (prātipadika; bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa compound: नृ + चक्षस्)
द्रष्टारःseers/watchers
द्रष्टारः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (agent)
Rootद्रष्टृ (kṛdanta-prātipadika; agent noun from √दृश् ‘to see’)
नवतीःninety
नवतीः:
Kartā
TypeNumeral
Rootनवति (numeral-prātipadika)
नवnine
नव:
(qualifier)
TypeNumeral (indeclinable in this use)
Rootनवन् (numeral)
अशीतिḥeighty
अशीतिḥ:
Kartā
TypeNumeral
Rootअशीति (numeral-prātipadika)
सन्तिare
सन्ति:
(copula)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (to be)
अष्टाeight
अष्टा:
Kartā
TypeNumeral
Rootअष्टन् (numeral)
उतand/also
उत:
(connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (particle)
तेyour/of you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
सप्तseven
सप्त:
(qualifier)
TypeNumeral
Rootसप्तन् (numeral)
सप्ततिःseventy
सप्ततिः:
Kartā
TypeNumeral
Rootसप्तति (numeral-prātipadika)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent).
Devata: Rātri and her ‘draṣṭāraḥ’ (watchers).
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (enumerative, with late flexibility).
Mantra Rasa
{"primary_rasa":"shanta","secondary_rasa":"adbhuta","emotional_arc":"From uncertainty to wonder at the multitude of guardians, ending in settled safety.","listener_experience":"A comforting sense of vigilant presence; mind quiets.","intensity":3}