Mantra 14

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऊर्ध्वं भरन्तमुदकं कुम्भेनेवोदहार्यऽम्। पश्यन्ति सर्वे चक्षुषा न सर्वे मनसा विदुः

IAST Transliteration

ūrdhvám bhárantam udakáṃ kumbhéneva udahā́ryam | páśyanti sárve cákṣuṣā ná sárve mánasā vidúḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As water that is drawn aloft, as though with a pitcher, so is it borne upward: all men behold it with the eye, yet not all discern it with the mind.

Word by Word

• ऊर्ध्वम्: upwards, aloft
• ऊर्ध्वम्: क्रियाविशेषण (गत्यर्थ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially)
• Root: ऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• भरन्तम्: carrying, bearing
• भरन्तम्: कर्म (पश्यन्ति—जिसे देखते हैं)
• Type: Verb-participle
• Root: √भृ (भरणे)

• उदकम्: water
• उदकम्: कर्म (भरन्तम्—जिसे वह ढोता है)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक (प्रातिपदिक)

• कुम्भेन: with a pot, by a jar
• कुम्भेन: करण (उदहार्यम्—जिससे उठाया/निकाला जाता है)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: as if, like
• इव: उपमान-निर्देशक (तुलना)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (निपात)

• उदहार्यम्: to be drawn up/raised (as water to be lifted)
• उदहार्यम्: विशेषण (उदकम्)
• Type: Adjective/Verbal derivative
• Root: उद्-√हृ (हरणे) → उदाहार्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• पश्यन्ति: they see
• पश्यन्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (दर्शने)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: कर्तृ (पश्यन्ति)
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्षुषा: with the eye, by sight
• चक्षुषा: करण (पश्यन्ति—जिससे देखते हैं)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• न: निषेधक
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: कर्तृ (विदुः)
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• मनसा: with the mind
• मनसा: करण (विदुः—जिससे जानते हैं)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• विदुः: they know, understand
• विदुः: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (ज्ञाने)

Attribution

Rishi: As AV 10.8 brahmodya tradition (often treated as anonymous/collective).

Devata: Implicitly Prajāpati/hidden principle; explicitly none (didactic simile).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (two pādas with compact didactic phrasing; metrical classification may vary in AV).

Mantra Rasa

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