Mantra 1

Sukta 80

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अरिष्टक्षयणम्। अन्तरिक्षेण पतति विश्वा भूतावचाकशत्। शुनो दिव्यस्य यन्महस्तेना ते हविषा विधेम

IAST Transliteration

antaríkṣeṇa patati víśvā bhūtā́ny avacā́kaśat | śúno divyásya yán máhas ténā te havíṣā vidhema ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Through the mid-air it flieth, looking down upon all beings. With that great might of the heavenly Dog, with oblation will we do thee worship.

Word by Word

• अन्तरिक्षेण: by/through the mid-air (atmosphere)
• अन्तरिक्षेण: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• पतति: flies/moves
• पतति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)

• विश्वा: all
• विश्वा: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (सर्व/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• भूतानि: beings/creatures
• भूतानि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; भू + क्त)

• अचाकशत्: shone forth/appeared
• अचाकशत्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कश्/काश् (धातु; चकास् ‘to shine/appear’)

• शुनः: of the dog (Śunaḥ)
• शुनः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुन (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिव्यस्य: of the heavenly
• दिव्यस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: which
• यत्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• महत्: great
• महत्: (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• तेन: with that
• तेन: करण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: to you
• ते: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हविषा: with an oblation
• हविषा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• विधेम: may we offer/perform (worship)
• विधेम: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) उपसर्गः वि-

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in input)

Devata: Divya Śvan (Heavenly Dog) / guardian power (possibly linked to Saramā/Sarameya complex in wider Vedic myth)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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