Mantra 15

Sukta 129

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पल्प बद्ध वयो इति

IAST Transliteration

pálpa baddhá váya íti

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

‘Palpa—bound is the vital power’: thus (runs the saying).

Word by Word

• पल्प: pulp; soft mass (pulp/substance)
• पल्प: Karma (संभाव्यः—‘पल्पम्’ इति कर्मरूपेण) / अथवा Kartā (यदि नामवाचकः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पल्प (प्रातिपदिक)

• बद्ध: bound; tied; fastened
• बद्ध: Karma (यदि ‘पल्प’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्—‘बद्धं पल्पम्’) / अथवा Kartā-विशेषणम् (यदि कर्तरि)
• Type: Adjective (Past passive participle)
• Root: √बन्ध् (बन्धने) → बद्ध (कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त)

• वयः: age; vigor; youth; lifetime
• वयः: Kartā/Karma (वाक्य-प्रसङ्गानुसारम्; अत्र पदसमूहस्य अवशिष्ट-खण्डः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इति: thus; so (quotative/end marker)
• इति: — (कारक-अनपेक्षः; वाक्य-उद्धरणचिह्नम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (निपात)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain from excerpt alone.

Devata: Unclear; functional focus on ‘vayas’ (life-force) and binding act.

Chandas: Uncertain.

Mantra Rasa

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