Mantra 21
Sukta 6
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
दितेश्च वै सोऽदितेश्चेडायाश्चेन्द्राण्याश्च प्रियं धाम भवति य एवं वेद
IAST Transliteration
dítéś ca váí só ’dítéś cédā́yāś céndrāṇyā́ś ca priyáṃ dhā́ma bhavati yá eváṃ véda
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Verily he becometh a dear abode of Diti and of Aditi, of Iḍā and of Indrāṇī—whoso thus knoweth.
Translation
जो ऐसा जानता है, वह दिति और अदिति का, तथा इड़ा और इन्द्राणी का प्रिय धाम (आश्रय) बनता है।
Word by Word
दितेःof Diti
दितेः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootदिति
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
वैindeed
वै:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
सःhe/that (one)
सः:
कर्तृ (of भवति)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (स-प्रातिपदिक) / सर्वनाम
अदितेःof Aditi
अदितेः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअदिति
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
इडायाःof Iḍā
इडायाः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootइडा
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
इन्द्राण्याःof Indrāṇī
इन्द्राण्याः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्राणी
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
प्रियंdear, beloved
प्रियं:
कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध (predicate adjective with धाम)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रिय
धामabode; seat; splendor
धाम:
कर्तृ (with प्रियं; predicate nominative of भवति)
TypeNoun
Rootधामन्
भवतिbecomes
भवति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभू
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (of वेद)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (य-प्रातिपदिक) / सर्वनाम
एवंthus, in this manner
एवं:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
वेदknows
वेद:
—
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (contextual for AV 15).
Devata: Diti, Aditi, Iḍā, Indrāṇī (as patrons of the knower).
Chandas: Brāhmaṇa-like phala-śruti prose embedded in Saṃhitā style.
Mantra Rasa
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