Mantra 14

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यत्र ऋषयः प्रथमजा ऋचः साम यजुर्मही। एकर्षिर्यस्मिन्नार्पितः स्कम्भं तं ब्रूहि कतमः स्विदेव सः

IAST Transliteration

yátra ṛ́ṣayaḥ prathamajā́ ṛ́caḥ sā́ma yájur mahī́ | ekárṣir yásminn ā́rpitaḥ skámbhaṃ táṃ brūhi katamáḥ svìd evá sáḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Wherein the Seers, the first-born, and Ṛc and Sāman and Yajus, the Great, are founded; wherein the One-Seer is made fast—declare thou that Skambha: what manner of One, in very truth, is He?

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋषयः: seers
• ऋषयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रथमजाः: first-born
• प्रथमजाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम-ज (प्रातिपदिक; समास/उपपद-तत्पुरुष)

• ऋचः: Ṛc-verses
• ऋचः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• साम: Sāman (chants)
• साम: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यजुः: Yajus (formulae)
• यजुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मही: the great (one); greatness / Great (power)
• मही: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक)

• एकर्षिः: the one seer
• एकर्षिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक-ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक; कर्मधारय)

• यस्मिन्: in whom
• यस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आर्पितः: placed; deposited
• आर्पितः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√अर्प् (धातु) → आर्पित (कृदन्त; क्त)

• स्कम्भम्: the Support/Pillar (Skambha)
• स्कम्भम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• तम्: that (him/it)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रूहि: tell; speak
• ब्रूहि: (वाक्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (धातु)

• कतमः: which one (of many)?
• कतमः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: कतम (प्रश्नवाचक-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वित्: indeed?; I wonder
• स्वित्: (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वित् (अव्यय)

• एव: just; indeed
• एव: (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• सः: he; that
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa line (Skambha cycle)

Devata: Skambha (as ground of Vedic speech and seerhood)

Chandas: Mixed; Anuṣṭubh tendency with Atharvanic irregularities

Mantra Rasa

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