Mantra 32
Sukta 8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अन्ति सन्तं न जहात्यन्ति सन्तं न पश्यति । देवस्य पश्य काव्यं न ममार न जीर्यति
IAST Transliteration
ánti sántam ná jahāty ánti sántam ná paśyati | devásya paśya kā́vyaṃ ná mamā́ra ná jī́ryati
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Near unto him, it leaveth him not; near unto him, yet he beholdeth it not. Behold the God’s wondrous art: it hath not died, it doth not waste away.
Word by Word
अन्तिnear, in the presence (of)
अन्ति:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्ति (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक ‘अन्ति’)
सन्तम्the being present one; the existent (one)
सन्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसत् (√अस् ‘to be’)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
जहातिleaves, abandons
जहाति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√हा (जहाति)
अन्तिnear
अन्ति:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्ति (अव्यय)
सन्तम्the present/existent one
सन्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसत् (√अस्)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
पश्यतिsees
पश्यति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√पश् (पश्यति)
देवस्यof the god; of the divine
देवस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
पश्यsee! behold!
पश्य:
—
TypeVerb
Root√पश् (पश्य)
काव्यम्poetic/wise work; wondrous art (of insight)
काव्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकाव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
ममारdied
ममार:
—
TypeVerb
Root√मृ (ममार)
नnor, not
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
जीर्यतिdecays, grows old
जीर्यति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√जॄ/जीर् (जीर्यति)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Eka Deva / indwelling brahman (deathless, undecaying)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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