Mantra 8
Sukta 6
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यदुपस्तृणन्ति बर्हिरेव तत्
IAST Transliteration
yád upastṛṇánti barhír evá tát
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
What they spread beneath—this, in very truth, is the Barhis.
Word by Word
यत्that which / what
यत्:
Karma (यत् = ‘that which/what’ as object-correlative)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उपस्तृणन्तिthey spread/lay down (as a covering)
उपस्तृणन्ति:
Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्तृ (धातु) उप- (उपसर्ग)
बर्हिःsacrificial grass (barhis)
बर्हिः:
Karma (what is spread)
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
एवindeed / just
एव:
— (emphatic particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (निपात)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma/Pratyavamarśa (correlative ‘that’ referring back to यत्)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Uncertain from the excerpt alone (requires Anukramaṇī for AVŚ 9.6).
Devata: Ritual bandhu (sacrificial implements/acts as correlates of cosmic entities).
Chandas: Prose-like yajus-style formulation (not a regular ṛc-meter); often treated as anustubh-deficient/ritual prose in AV ritual sections.
Mantra Rasa
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