Mantra 30

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

न वै तं चक्षुर्जहाति न प्राणो जरसः पुरा। पुरं यो ब्रह्मणो वेद यस्याः पुरुष उच्यते

IAST Transliteration

ná vái táṃ cákṣur jahāti ná prāṇó járasaḥ púrá | púraṃ yó bráhmaṇo véda yásyāḥ púruṣa ucyáte

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Verily, sight forsaketh him not, nor doth the Breath abandon him before old age—who knoweth the fortress of Brahman, whereof the Person is called the indweller.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• वै: indeed, surely
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्

• चक्षुः: the eye, sight
• चक्षुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस्

• जहाति: leaves, abandons
• जहाति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हा (त्यागे)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• प्राणः: breath, life-breath
• प्राणः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण

• जरसः: of old age
• जरसः: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरस्

• पुरा: formerly, before
• पुरा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• पुरम्: the city/fortress (body as a citadel)
• पुरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahman / of sacred power
• ब्रह्मणः: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्

• वेद: knows
• वेद: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (ज्ञाने)

• यस्याः: of which/whose (f.)
• यस्याः: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्

• पुरुषः: person, man
• पुरुषः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष

• उच्यते: is called
• उच्यते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (वचने) → उच्यते

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvan

Devata: Brahman; Puruṣa as indweller; anti-jarā (averting decay)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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