Mantra 33

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अपूर्वेणेषिता वाचस्ता वदन्ति यथायथम्। वदन्तीर्यत्र गच्छन्ति तदाहुर्ब्राह्मणं महत्

IAST Transliteration

apū́rveṇeṣitā́ vā́cas tā́ vadanti yáthā-yatham | vádantīr yátra gáchanti tád ā́hur brā́hmaṇaṃ mahát ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Urged on by a power primeval and unexampled, the Voices speak, each after its proper fashion. Whither, still speaking, they proceed—this men proclaim to be the mighty Brahman.

Translation

अपूर्व, आद्य शक्ति से प्रेरित होकर वाणियाँ यथायथ बोलती हैं। बोलती हुई जहाँ जाती हैं—उसी को लोग ‘महान् ब्रह्म’ कहते हैं।

Word by Word

अपूर्वेणwith/by the unprecedented (new)

ईषिताimpelled, set in motion

वाचःspeeches/words

ताःthose

वदन्तिthey speak

यथाas, in the manner that

यथम्accordingly, in due manner

वदन्तीःspeaking

यत्रwhere

गच्छन्तिthey go

तदाthen

आहुःthey say, they declare

ब्राह्मणम्the brahman (sacred utterance / brahman-principle)

महत्great

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally attributed within AVŚ 10.8 to a brahmavidyā-seer (speculative hymn; often treated as Atharvanic/Angirasic in character).

Devata: Brahman / Vāc (sacral speech as power).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of 8 syllables; approximate).

Mantra Rasa

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