Mantra 5

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

बृहती परि मात्राया मातुर्मात्राधि निर्मिता । माया ह जज्ञे मायाया मायाया मातली परि

IAST Transliteration

bṛhatī́ pári mā́trayā mātúr mā́trā́dhi nírmitā | māyā́ ha jajñe māyā́yā māyā́yā mātálī pári

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Bṛhatī, in compass, by measure is fashioned—upon the mother’s measure. Wondrous Power, forsooth, was born of Wondrous Power: from Wondrous Power, all-around, (sprang) Mātalī.

Word by Word

• बृहती: the great (one), the vast (f.)
• बृहती: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around, all around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि

• मात्रया: by/with a measure
• मात्रया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)

• मातुः: of the mother
• मातुः: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• मात्रा: by/with a measure
• मात्रा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधि: upon, over
• अधि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि

• निर्मिता: measured out / fashioned
• निर्मिता: Kartā
• Type: Verb-derived (Participle)
• Root: नि + √मा (मा॒ माने/मि॒ माने; ‘to measure, form’) → निर्मित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• माया: magic, wondrous power
• माया: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक)

• ह: indeed, surely
• ह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• जज्ञे: was born, arose
• जज्ञे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (जनीँ प्रादुर्भावे)

• मायायाः: of/from magic
• मायायाः: Apādāna (source, ‘from’ in sense) / —
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक)

• मायायाः: of/from magic
• मायायाः: Apādāna (source) / —
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक)

• मातली: Mātali (name)
• मातली: Kartā
• Type: Noun (Proper name)
• Root: मातली (प्रातिपदिक; विशेषनाम)

• परि: around, all around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि

Attribution

Rishi: Speculative Atharvanic seer-tradition (Kāśyapa-frame likely).

Devata: Chandas/Māyā (personified power); Brahman implicit.

Chandas: Metrological discourse (mātrā-centered).

Mantra Rasa

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