Mantra 33

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यस्य सूर्यश्चक्षुश्चन्द्रमाश्च पुनर्णवः । अग्निं यश्चक्र आस्यं तस्मै ज्येष्ठाय ब्रह्मणे नमः

IAST Transliteration

yásya sū́ryaś cákṣuś candrámāś ca púnarnavaḥ | agníṃ yáś cakra āsyàṃ tásmai jyéṣṭhāya bráhmaṇe námaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whose eye is the Sun, and the Moon renewed again; who made Fire for the mouth—unto that Eldest Brahman be reverence.

Word by Word

• यस्य: of whom; whose
• यस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सूर्यः: the Sun
• सूर्यः: Kartā (of implied ‘is/exists’ in relative clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्षुः: eye
• चक्षुः: Kartā/Predicate-nominative (apposition: ‘(as) eye’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चन्द्रमाः: the Moon
• चन्द्रमाः: Kartā (in relative clause; coordinated)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्रमस्/चन्द्रमा (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पुनर्नवः: ever-new; renewed again
• पुनर्नवः: Kartā/Predicate-nominative (epithet in relative clause)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: पुनर्नव (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ever-new/renewed’)

• अग्निम्: Agni; fire
• अग्निम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्र: made; fashioned
• चक्र: — (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → परोक्ष/लिट्-रूपम् ‘चकार/चक्र’

• आस्यम्: mouth; face
• आस्यम्: Karma (object of ‘made’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ज्येष्ठाय: to the eldest; to the most excellent
• ज्येष्ठाय: Sampradāna (qualifying the recipient)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मणे: to Brahman; to the sacred power/priesthood
• ब्रह्मणे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नमः: salutation; homage
• नमः: — (exclamatory/benedictive)
• Type: Noun (used as salutation)
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक; indeclinable-like in usage)

Attribution

Rishi: Skambha-hymn tradition (Atharvanic speculative corpus).

Devata: Skambha / Brahman; with functional identifications of Sūrya, Candramas, and Agni as organs.

Chandas: Mixed; refrain-based Atharvanic triṣṭubh/jagatī tendency (school-dependent).

Mantra Rasa

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