Mantra 12

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पञ्चपादं पितरं द्वादशाकृतिं दिव आहुः परे अर्धे पुरीषिणम्। अथेमे अन्य उपरे विचक्षणे सप्तचक्रे षडर आहुरर्पितम्

IAST Transliteration

pañcapā́daṁ pitáraṁ dvādaśā́kṛtiṁ divá ā́huḥ paré árdhe purīṣíṇam | áthemé anyá úpare vicakṣaṇé saptácakre ṣáḍara āhur árpitam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A five-footed Father, of twelve forms, of Heaven—so they call him—in the farther half, rich in plenitude. Then these others, the discerning, in another doctrine, declare him set fast in the seven-wheeled (frame), as six-spoked.

Word by Word

• पञ्चपादम्: five-footed
• पञ्चपादम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चपाद (प्रातिपदिक; पञ्च + पाद)

• पितरम्: father
• पितरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्वादशाकृतिम्: having twelve forms
• द्वादशाकृतिम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादशाकृति (प्रातिपदिक; द्वादश + आकृति)

• दिवः: of heaven / of the sky
• दिवः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)

• आहुः: they have said / they call
• आहुः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह् (धातु; परस्मैपद)

• परे: in the farther (region)
• परे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्धे: in the half / in the region
• अर्धे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्ध (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरीषिणम्: abounding in ‘पुरीष’ (rich/filled; lit. with moisture/abundance)
• पुरीषिणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरीषिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)

• इमे: these
• इमे: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• उपरे: in the upper (region)
• उपरे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपर (प्रातिपदिक)

• विचक्षणे: in/at the discerning (place); in the realm of insight
• विचक्षणे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)

• सप्तचक्रे: in the seven-wheeled (one)
• सप्तचक्रे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तचक्र (प्रातिपदिक; सप्त + चक्र)

• षडरे: in the six-spoked (one)
• षडरे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षडर (प्रातिपदिक; षट् + अर)

• आहुः: they have said / they call
• आहुः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह् (धातु; परस्मैपद)

• अर्पितम्: set/fastened; placed
• अर्पितम्: Karma
• Type: Participle
• Root: अर्प् (धातु) → अर्पित (कृदन्त, क्त)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic speculative tradition

Devata: Prajāpati/Time (Kāla) as Father; cosmic wheel-order

Chandas: Jagatī/triṣṭubh-mixed tendency (AV irregular)

Mantra Rasa

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