Mantra 4

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्या ग्रीष्मश्च वसन्तश्च द्वौ पादावास्तां शरच्च वर्षाश्च द्वौ

IAST Transliteration

tásyā grīṣmáś ca vasántáś ca dváu pā́dāv ā́stām śarác ca varṣā́ś ca dváu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Of her, Summer and Spring stood as the two feet; and Autumn and the Rains stood as the other two.

Translation

Pour elle, l’Été et le Printemps se tenaient comme les deux pieds ; et l’Automne et la Saison des pluies se tenaient comme les deux autres.

Word by Word

• तस्याः: of her/its
• तस्याः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ग्रीष्मः: summer
• ग्रीष्मः: कर्तृ (समुच्चित-कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रीष्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वसन्तः: spring
• वसन्तः: कर्तृ (समुच्चित-कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसन्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• द्वौ: two
• द्वौ: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective (Numeral)
• Root: द्वि (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)

• पादौ: feet (two)
• पादौ: कर्तृ (समुच्चित-कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)

• आस्ताम्: were/are (stood, existed)
• आस्ताम्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (अस्) / √आस् (आस्) — लट्-लकारे द्विवचन-आदेशः (वैदिक प्रयोग)

• शरत्: autumn
• शरत्: कर्तृ (समुच्चित-कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वर्षाः: rains / rainy season
• वर्षाः: कर्तृ (समुच्चित-कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्षा (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• द्वौ: two
• द्वौ: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective (Numeral)
• Root: द्वि (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with speculative Atharvanic seers in the Vrātya/cosmological stratum (exact r̥ṣi assignment varies by anukramaṇī traditions).

Devata: Kāla/Ṛtu (Time/Seasons) or the cosmic person/year as the implicit subject.

Chandas: Mixed/prose-leaning triṣṭubh-jagatī tendencies in this section; not a strict RV-style metrical hymn.

Mantra Rasa

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