Mantra 5
Sukta 11
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
प्र विशतं प्राणापानावनड्वाहाविव व्रजम्। व्य१न्ये यन्तु मृत्यवो यानाहुरितरान् छतम्
IAST Transliteration
prá víśataṃ prāṇāpānāv anaḍvā́hāv iva vrajám | ví anyé yántu mṛtyávo yā́n āhúr itarā́n śatám ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Enter ye forth, O Breath and Out-breath, like two strong oxen into the stall. Away let the other Deaths depart—those which men name, the rest, a hundred more.
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
विशतम्enter (you two)
विशतम्:
Kartā (addressed agents)
TypeVerb
Root√विश् (प्रवेशने)
प्राणापानौthe in-breath and out-breath
प्राणापानौ:
Kartā
TypeNoun (dvandva compound)
Rootप्राण (prātipadika) + अपान (prātipadika)
अनड्वाहौ(like) two draft-oxen
अनड्वाहौ:
Kartā (apposition to prāṇāpānau)
TypeNoun
Rootअनड्वाह् (prātipadika)
इवas, like
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
व्रजम्enclosure; pen; fold
व्रजम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootव्रज (prātipadika)
विapart, away
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (upasarga)
अन्येothers
अन्ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअन्य (prātipadika)
यन्तुlet them go
यन्तु:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√या (गतौ)
मृत्यवःdeaths; death-demons
मृत्यवः:
Kartā (apposition to anye)
TypeNoun
Rootमृत्यु (prātipadika)
यानिwhich (things)
यानि:
Karma (of āhuḥ: ‘which/whatever’)
TypePronoun
Rootय (relative pronoun prātipadika)
आहुःthey have said; they call
आहुः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√अह्/√ब्रू (वचने) — Vedic perfect of √अह्
इतरान्the other (ones)
इतरान्:
Karma (with implied ‘mṛtyūn’/‘mṛtyavaḥ’ as object-class)
TypeAdjective
Rootइतर (prātipadika)
शतम्a hundred
शतम्:
Karma/Measure
TypeNumeral
Rootशत (prātipadika)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (as per anukramaṇī for AV 3.11)
Devata: Prāṇa and Apāna; secondarily Mṛtyu (as adversary)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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