Mantra 8

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

बृहता मन उप ह्वये मातरिश्वना प्राणापानौ। सूर्याच्चक्षुरन्तरिक्षाच्छ्रोत्रं पृथिव्याः शरीरम्। सरस्वत्या वाचमुप ह्वयामहे मनोयुजा

IAST Transliteration

bṛhatā́ mána úpa hvaye mātáriśvanā prāṇāpānāú | sū́ryāc cákṣur antárikṣāc chróṯraṃ pṛthivyā́ḥ śárīram | sárasvatyā vā́cam úpa hvayāmahe manoyújā ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With the Great One’s might I call the Mind hither; with Mātariśvan I summon in-breath and out-breath. From the Sun (I call) the eye; from the mid-air the hearing; from Earth the body. From Sarasvatī we invoke speech, mind-yoked and obedient.

Word by Word

• बृहताम्: of the great (ones); of greatness
• बृहताम्: सम्बन्ध (genitival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मनः: mind
• मनः: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उप: near; towards
• उप: (क्रियाविशेषण; आह्वानस्य समीपार्थक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप

• ह्वये: I invoke; I call
• ह्वये: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ह्वा (आह्वाने)

• मातरिश्वना: with/through Mātariśvan (Vāyu/Agni as the moving-in-mother; a divine messenger)
• मातरिश्वना: करण (means/agency: ‘by/with Mātariśvan’)
• Type: Noun (proper) / Deity-name
• Root: मातरिश्वन् (प्रातिपदिक; देवता)

• प्राणापानौ: the in-breath and out-breath (prāṇa and apāna)
• प्राणापानौ: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun (dual compound) / Vital-breaths
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक) + अपान (प्रातिपदिक)

• सूर्यात्: from the Sun
• सूर्यात्: अपादान (source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्षुः: eye; sight
• चक्षुः: कर्म (object; ‘(I invoke) sight’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्तरिक्षात्: from the midspace/atmosphere
• अन्तरिक्षात्: अपादान (source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रोत्रम्: ear; hearing
• श्रोत्रम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृथिव्याः: of the Earth
• पृथिव्याः: सम्बन्ध (genitival qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• शरीरम्: body
• शरीरम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• सरस्वत्याः: of Sarasvatī
• सरस्वत्याः: सम्बन्ध (genitival qualifier)
• Type: Noun (proper) / Deity-name
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक; देवता)

• वाचम्: speech; voice
• वाचम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उप: near; towards
• उप: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप

• ह्वयामहे: we invoke; we call
• ह्वयामहे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ह्वा (आह्वाने)

• मनःयुजा: with (that which is) mind-yoking; mind-joined (i.e., with mental focus/union)
• मनःयुजा: करण (means: ‘with mind-yoking [faculty]’)
• Type: Adjective (compound epithet)
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक) + युज्/युज् (प्रातिपदिक ‘yoke/union’; here as bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa adj.)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the input)

Devata: Mind (Manas), Mātariśvan (life-carrier), Sun (Sūrya), Antarikṣa, Earth (Pṛthivī), Sarasvatī (Vāc)

Chandas: Not specified in the input (multi-pāda structure; requires metrical confirmation from a critical edition).

Mantra Rasa

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