Mantra 2
Sukta 70
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
देवयन्तो यथा मतिमच्छा विदद् वसुं गिरः । महामनूषत श्रुतम्
IAST Transliteration
devayánto yáthā matím ácchā vidád vásuṃ gíraḥ | mahā́ amánūṣata śrutám
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
God-seeking, so that their thought may reach straight unto the treasure, the sacred utterances—greatly have they devised the Heard Tradition.
Word by Word
देवयन्तःworshipping (ones), god-seeking
देवयन्तः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (present participle used substantively)
Rootदेवयन्त् (< देवयति; √दिव्/देव् ‘to shine; to worship’)
यथाas, just as
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (indeclinable)
मतिम्thought, intention, understanding
मतिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootमति (प्रातिपदिक)
अच्छाtowards, unto
अच्छा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअच्छा (indeclinable)
विदत्(he) found/obtained
विदत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (विन्दति ‘to find, obtain’)
वसुम्wealth, good (treasure)
वसुम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवसु (प्रातिपदिक)
गिरःsongs, hymns, utterances
गिरः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootगिर् (प्रातिपदिक)
महाम्great
महाम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootमहा (प्रातिपदिक)
अनूषतthey praised, they celebrated
अनूषत:
—
TypeVerb
Root√नू/नव् (नूयते/नवते; ‘to praise, to celebrate’)
श्रुतम्the heard (famed) thing; what is renowned
श्रुतम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective/Noun (past passive participle used substantively)
Rootश्रुत (ppp of √श्रु ‘to hear’)
Attribution
Rishi: Rigvedic attribution (borrowed into AV 20; r̥ṣi per RV source)
Devata: Indra / general deities via devayantaḥ (functional focus on mantra-speech)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-type (RV-derived)
Mantra Rasa
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