Mantra 7

Sukta 128

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

य आक्ताक्षः सुभ्यक्तः सुमणिः सुहिरण्यवः । सुब्रह्मा ब्रह्मणः पुत्रस्तोता कल्पेषु संमिता

IAST Transliteration

yá āktākṣáḥ subhyaktáḥ sumaṇíḥ suhiraṇyaváḥ | subráhmā bráhmaṇaḥ putráḥ totā kálpeṣu saṃmítā ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He whose eyes are duly anointed, well-smeared, possessed of a good amulet, and furnished with good gold; a good brahman, the Brahman’s son—Tota, in the ritual ordinances, is rightly measured and set.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आक्ताक्षः: having anointed eyes
• आक्ताक्षः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: आक्त + अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक; आङ्+अञ्ज् → आक्त ‘anointed’ + अक्ष ‘eye’)

• सुभ्यक्तः: well-anointed
• सुभ्यक्तः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + भ्यक्त (प्रातिपदिक; भञ्ज्/भज्? here ‘well-smeared/anointed’ as past participial adjective)

• सुमणिः: having a good jewel/amulet
• सुमणिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: सु + मणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुहिरण्यवः: rich in gold / having good gold
• सुहिरण्यवः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + हिरण्यव (प्रातिपदिक; हिरण्य ‘gold’ + -व/वन् possessive)

• सुब्रह्मा: a good brahman/priest
• सुब्रह्मा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: सु + ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘good brahman/priest’)

• ब्रह्मणः: of brahman / of sacred power
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्तोता: praiser, chanter
• स्तोता: Kartā
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: स्तोतृ (प्रातिपदिक; from √स्तु ‘to praise’)

• कल्पेषु: in the rites/ceremonial arrangements
• कल्पेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)

• संमितः: well-measured, well-regulated
• संमितः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + मित (PPP from √मा ‘to measure’ → ‘measured, regulated, well-ordered’)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain/late compilation layer (Book 20); treated as traditional Atharvanic transmission rather than a single early ṛṣi attribution.

Devata: Auspicious qualities personified; effectively the empowered human subject (Tota) under brahmanic potency.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (late AV style; refrain-driven).

Mantra Rasa

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