Mantra 23

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यो३न्तरिक्षे तिष्ठति विष्टभितोऽयज्वनः प्रमृणन् देवपीयून्। तस्मै नमो दशभिः शक्वरीभिः

IAST Transliteration

yó ’ntárikṣe tíṣṭhati víṣṭabhito ’yájvanaḥ pramṛṇán devapīyū́n | tásmai námo daśábhiḥ śákvarībhiḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Who in the mid-air standeth, firmly propped, crushing the non-sacrificers, the god-drinkers; to him be homage with ten Śakvarī-verses.

Word by Word

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

• अन्तरिक्षे: in the mid-air/atmosphere
• अन्तरिक्षे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• तिष्ठति: stands
• तिष्ठति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) → तिष्ठति (लट्)

• विष्टभितः: having propped up / having held apart
• विष्टभितः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: वि-स्तभ् (धातु) → विष्टभित् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्तिन्/क्तवत्-आधारित ‘having propped/held apart’)

• अयज्वनः: of the non-sacrificer (one who does not worship)
• अयज्वनः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयज्वन् (प्रातिपदिक; a- + यज्वन् ‘sacrificer’)

• प्रमृणन्: crushing / destroying
• प्रमृणन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: प्र- मृ (धातु) → प्रमृणत् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त, शतृ)

• देवपीयून्: the god-devoted (ones)
• देवपीयून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवपीयू (प्रातिपदिक; ‘those devoted/pertaining to the gods’)

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

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Karma
• Type: Noun (indeclinable-like in use)
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दशभिः: with ten
• दशभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Numeral
• Root: दशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• शक्वरीभिः: with Śakvarī (verses/chants)
• शक्वरीभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्वरी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘Śakvarī’—a metrical/formulaic chant)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Śaunaka)

Devata: A mid-air upholder/guardian power (often assimilated to Indra/Rudra-like punitive force in Atharvanic exegesis)

Chandas: Jagatī/Triṣṭubh-type (longer pāda; AV mixed meters)

Mantra Rasa

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