Mantra 1

Sukta 34

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ब्रह्मौदनम्। छन्दांसि पक्षौ मुखमस्य सत्यं विष्टारी जातस्तपसोऽधि यज्ञः

IAST Transliteration

brahmáudanam | chándāṃsi pakṣáu múkham asya satyáṃ viṣṭārī́ jātás tapáso ádhi yajñáḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Brahman-porridge: the metres are its two wings; truth is its mouth. Wide-spreading, born of fervour, the Sacrifice hath arisen thereon.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मौदनम्: the brahma-porridge (sacral rice-gruel offering)
• ब्रह्मौदनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मौदन (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मन् + ओदन)

• छन्दांसि: the metres (Vedic chants)
• छन्दांसि: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: छन्दस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पक्षौ: (are) the two wings
• पक्षौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• मुखम्: (is) the mouth
• मुखम्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्य: of it / of him (of this)
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सत्यम्: (is) truth
• सत्यम्: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• विष्टारी: expansive, far-spreading
• विष्टारी: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष्टारिन्/विष्टारि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘spreading, expansive’)

• जातः: born, arisen
• जातः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: √जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त, क्त)

• तपसः: of austerity; from austerity
• तपसः: Apādāna (source; ‘from/out of’ in sense) / Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधि: upon, over; from upon
• अधि: Adhikaraṇa (locative sense: ‘upon/over’) / Upasarga-function
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• यज्ञः: the sacrifice (ritual)
• यज्ञः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (speculative-ritual hymn)

Devata: Brahmaudana / Yajña personified (ritual entity as devatā)

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like anuṣṭubh-adjacent; treated as mantraic statement (not a strict RV-style stanza)

Mantra Rasa

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