Mantra 19

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सप्त च्छन्दांसि चतुरुत्तराण्यन्यो अन्यस्मिन्नध्यार्पितानि । कथं स्तोमाः प्रति तिष्ठन्ति तेषु तानि स्तोमेषु कथमार्पितानि

IAST Transliteration

saptá chándāṃsi caturuttarā́ṇy anyó anyásminn adhyārpitā́ni | katháṃ stomā́ḥ práti tiṣṭhanti téṣu tā́ni stoméṣu kathám ārpitā́ni ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Seven are the metres, with four as their over-addition, each upon the other set and fastened. How stand the chants in answer within them? and those metres—how are they fastened within the chants?

Word by Word

सप्तseven

छन्दांसिmetres (chandas)

चतुरुत्तराणिhaving four as the later/upper (i.e., with four following/added)

अन्यःone (is) different

अन्यस्मिन्in another

अधिupon, over

आर्पितानिare placed/fastened

कथम्how?

स्तोमाःpraises, hymns (stomas)

प्रतिtowards, in response to

तिष्ठन्तिstand, are established

तेषुin them (i.e., in those metres)

तानिthose (again)

स्तोमेषुin the praises (stomas)

कथम्how?

आर्पितानिare placed/fastened

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified here)

Devata: Chandas and Stoma as sacralized speech-structures (Vāc implicit)

Chandas: Not securely determinable from excerpt alone (self-referential discussion of chandas)

Mantra Rasa

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