Mantra 20
Sukta 2
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
केन श्रोत्रियमाप्नोति केनेमं परमेष्ठिनम्। केनेममग्निं पूरुषः केन संवत्सरं ममे
IAST Transliteration
kéna śrótriyam āpnoti kénémaṃ parameṣṭhínam | kénémam agníṃ pū́ruṣaḥ kéna saṃvatsaráṃ mamé ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
By whom doth one attain the Śrotriya? by whom this Paramesthin (highest Lord)? By whom doth the Person (obtain/maintain) this Agni? by whom was the Year measured out?
Word by Word
केनby what? / by which means?
केन:
करण
TypePronoun (Interrogative)
Rootकिम् (प्रातिपदिक)
श्रोत्रियम्a learned man (versed in śruti)
श्रोत्रियम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootश्रोत्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
आप्नोतिattains / reaches
आप्नोति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√आप् (आप्नोति) धातु
केनby what?
केन:
करण
TypePronoun (Interrogative)
Rootकिम् (प्रातिपदिक)
इमम्this
इमम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun (Demonstrative)
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
परमेष्ठिनम्the Highest One (Paramesthin)
परमेष्ठिनम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (Title/Epithet)
Rootपरमेष्ठिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
केनby what?
केन:
करण
TypePronoun (Interrogative)
Rootकिम् (प्रातिपदिक)
इमम्this
इमम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun (Demonstrative)
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निम्Agni / fire
अग्निम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
पूरुषःa man / the person
पूरुषः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootपूरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
केनby what?
केन:
करण
TypePronoun (Interrogative)
Rootकिम् (प्रातिपदिक)
संवत्सरम्the year
संवत्सरम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसंवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
ममेmeasured out / apportioned
ममे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√मा (मिमीते/ममे) धातु
Attribution
Rishi: Skambha/Brahman inquiry tradition (AV 10.2)
Devata: Paramesthin/Brahman; Agni as operative deity
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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