Mantra 75

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्राणापानास्त्वा हास्यन्तीत्येनमाह

IAST Transliteration

prāṇāpānā́s tvā hāsyántī́ty enam ā́ha

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

“The In-breath and the Out-breath will forsake thee”—so spake he of this man.

Word by Word

• प्राणापानाः: the in-breaths and out-breaths (vital airs)
• प्राणापानाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण- + अपान- (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हास्यन्ति: they laugh (at)
• हास्यन्ति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हस् (धातु)

• इति: thus (quoting)
• इति: (वाक्य-सम्बन्धः/उद्धरणचिह्नम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (निपात/अव्यय)

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एनद्-प्रयोगः

• आह: said
• आह: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह् (धातु) / ब्रू (अर्थे ‘वद्’)—परम्परया ‘आह’ इति परस्मैपदी-परिपूर्णभूतार्थः

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi not stated in input; commonly transmitted as Atharvan/Angirasic in AV medical corpora).

Devata: Prāṇa–Apāna (vital airs) as operative powers.

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like (brāhmaṇa-style diction within AV 11); not a strict metrical pāda in this line as transmitted.

Mantra Rasa

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