Mantra 17

Sukta 130

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अथो इयन्नियन्निति

IAST Transliteration

áthó iyán niyán íti

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

And further: ‘going—being led down (to order)—thus.’

Word by Word

• अथो: and then; moreover
• अथो: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• इयन्: this (one)
• इयन्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नियन्: that (one); yonder
• नियन्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इति: thus; ‘so’
• इति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain (fragmentary late layer)

Devata: None explicit; functional ‘control’ formula

Chandas: Uncertain (fragment)

Mantra Rasa

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