Atharva Veda 11.8.32: Kanda 11, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 32

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तस्मा॒द् वै विद्वान् पुरु॑षमि॒दं ब्रह्मेति॑ मन्यते । सर्वा॒ ह्यऽस्मिन् दे॒वता॒ गावो॑ गो॒ष्ठ इ॒वास॑ते

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 11.8.32

IAST Transliteration

tásmād vái vidvā́n púruṣam idáṃ bráhmeti mányate | sárvā hí ’smín devátā gā́vo goṣṭhá ivā́sate ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Therefore the knower holds the Person to be this Brahman: for in him all the Divinities abide, as cows abide within the cattle-stall.

Translation

इसलिए जो लोग समझते हैं वो इस पुरुष को ब्रह्मन मानते हैं। उसमें सारी देवियाँ रहती हैं, जैसे गाय गो-शठे में रहती हैं।

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Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Apādāna
• Type: Indeclinable (pronominal form used adverbially)
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → तस्मद्-

• वै: indeed
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात)

• विद्वान्: the knower; the learned one
• विद्वान्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: √विद् (जानने) → विद्वस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरुषम्: the Person (Puruṣa)
• पुरुषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (in apposition)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्म: Brahman; the sacred absolute
• ब्रह्म: Karma (as content of thought/identification)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; नपुंसकलिङ्ग-रूप: ब्रह्म)

• इति: thus; ‘as’
• इति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (निपात)

• मन्यते: he thinks; he considers
• मन्यते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मन् (मन्यते ‘to think, consider’)

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• हि: for; indeed
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• अस्मिन्: in him/this (in this Puruṣa/Brahman)
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अस्मिन्

• देवताः: deities; divine powers
• देवताः: Kartā (apposition to सर्वाः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)

• गावः: cows
• गावः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• गोस्थे: in the cowshed
• गोस्थे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो-स्थ (समास-प्रातिपदिक: ‘cow-stand’) → गोष्ठ

• इव: like; as if
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (उपमा-अव्यय)

• आसते: they sit; they dwell
• आसते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आस् (उपवेशने/स्थितौ ‘to sit, dwell’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic speculative tradition (variable)

Devata: Brahman/Puruṣa (as totality containing all devatās)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta