Mantra 41
Sukta 7
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यो वेतसं हिरण्ययं तिष्ठन्तं सलिले वेद । स वै गुह्यः प्रजापतिः
IAST Transliteration
yó vétasaṃ híraṇyaṃ tíṣṭhantaṃ salilé véda | sá vái gúhyaḥ prajā́patiḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Whoso knoweth the golden Reed that standeth in the Waters—he, verily, knoweth the secret Prajāpati.
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वेतसम्reed; cane
वेतसम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवेतस (प्रातिपदिक)
हिरण्यम्golden
हिरण्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootहिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
तिष्ठन्तम्standing
तिष्ठन्तम्:
Karma
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootस्था (धातु) → तिष्ठत् (वर्तमाने कृदन्त-शतृ)
सलिलेin the water
सलिले:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
वेदknows
वेद:
—
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु)
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वैindeed
वै:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (निपात)
गुह्यःsecret; hidden
गुह्यः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootगुह्य (प्रातिपदिक; √गुह्/गुह्य ‘to hide’ से ‘गुप्त/रहस्य’)
प्रजापतिःPrajāpati (Lord of creatures)
प्रजापतिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Skambha-cycle seer(s) (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Prajāpati (as guhya), via Skambha imagery
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (compact gnomic statement)
Mantra Rasa
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