Mantra 42

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

द्यावापृथिवीभ्यां श्रोत्राभ्याम्

IAST Transliteration

dyā́vā-pṛthivī́bhyāṃ śrótrābhyām

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

By Heaven and Earth, by the two ears (the powers of hearing).

Word by Word

• द्यावा: the two heavens / heaven (dual)
• द्यावा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्याव् (प्रातिपदिक: द्यौ/द्याव् ‘स्वर्ग/द्युलोक’)

• पृथिवीभ्याम्: by/with the two earths (i.e., with earth; instrumental dual)
• पृथिवीभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रोत्राभ्याम्: by/with the two ears (instrumental dual)
• श्रोत्राभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (attribution varies by anukramaṇī for AV 11.3)

Devata: Dyāvāpṛthivī (Heaven and Earth); Śrotra (hearing) as personified faculty

Chandas: Prose/Anuṣṭubh-fragment

Mantra Rasa

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