Mantra 35

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

बृहस्पतिना शीर्ष्णा

IAST Transliteration

bṛ́haspátinā śīrṣṇā́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With Bṛhaspati as the (hallowing) power, with the head (as instrument).

Word by Word

• बृहस्पतिना: by/with Bṛhaspati (the deity Bṛhaspati)
• बृहस्पतिना: करण
• Type: Noun (Proper/Deity name)
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• शीर्ष्णा: with the head; by (means of) the head
• शीर्ष्णा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: शीर्षन् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi not determinable from the excerpt alone).

Devata: Bṛhaspati (as brahmanic power) / Odana as efficacious substance in the sequence.

Chandas: Prose/fragment (yajus-like); not a regular metrical pāda.

Mantra Rasa

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