Mantra 41

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उत्तरेणेव गायत्रीममृतेऽधि वि चक्रमे । साम्ना ये साम संविदुरजस्तद् ददृशे क्वऽ

IAST Transliteration

uttáreṇeva gāyatrī́m amṛ́te ’dhí ví cakrame | sā́mnā ye sā́ma saṃvidúr rájas tád dadṛśe kvà ’ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

As though beyond, the Gāyatrī hath strode forth upon immortality. By chant—those who know the chant—was that mid-space beheld: where is it?

Word by Word

• उत्तरेण: to the north/above; beyond
• उत्तरेण: Adhikaraṇa (directional/locative sense)
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially/indeclinably)
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: as if; like
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (निपात)

• गायत्रीम्: the Gāyatrī (metre/chant)
• गायत्रीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमृते: in/within immortality; in the deathless (realm)
• अमृते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• अधि: upon; over
• अधि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/preposition)
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• वि: apart; forth; widely (intensifier)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग)

• चक्रमे: strode/stepped forth; advanced
• चक्रमे: Kartā (implicit subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रम् (धातु)

• साम्ना: with a Sāman-chant; by song
• साम्ना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• साम: the Sāman (chant)
• साम: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• संविदुः: have known; have understood
• संविदुः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)

• अजः: the Unborn (Ajá)
• अजः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अज (प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ददृशे: was seen; appeared
• ददृशे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)

• क्व: where?
• क्व: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व (निपात)

Attribution

Rishi: Variable (AVŚ 10.8 anukramaṇī traditions)

Devata: Gāyatrī / Sāman (deified speech); amṛta as goal-realm

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh with explicit reference to Gāyatrī (metapoetic)

Mantra Rasa

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