Mantra 1

Sukta 22

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ज्योतिः। अयं सहस्रमा नो दृशे कवीनां मतिर्ज्योतिर्विधर्मणि

IAST Transliteration

jyótiḥ | ayáṃ sahásram ā́ no dṛśé kavī́nāṃ matír jyótir vídharmani

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Light is this: a thousandfold it cometh forth for us to see—the seers’ inspired thought, light set in the ordinance of order.

Translation

यह ज्योति है। यह हमारे देखने के लिए सहस्रगुणा होकर प्रकट होती है—कवियों/ऋषियों की प्रेरित मति; ऋत-धर्म (व्यवस्था) में स्थापित प्रकाश।

Word by Word

• ज्योतिः: light; radiance
• ज्योतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सहस्रमः: thousandfold; consisting of a thousand
• सहस्रमः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्रम (संख्याशब्द/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: of us; our
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दृशे: for seeing; for (our) sight
• दृशे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (verbal noun/infinitival dative)
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृश्/दर्शन (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• कवीनाम्: of the seers/poets
• कवीनाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (प्रातिपदिक)

• मतिः: thought; insight; intention
• मतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक)

• ज्योतिः: light; radiance
• ज्योतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• विधर्मणि: in the ordinance/order; in the established rule
• विधर्मणि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain (requires anukramaṇī verification for AVŚ 7.22.1).

Devata: Jyotis/Āditya (Light as a deified power).

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh-like brevity but metrically irregular; requires scansion.

Mantra Rasa

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