Mantra 13

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्राणापानौ व्रीहियवावनड्वान् प्राण उच्यते । यवे ह प्राण आहितोऽपानो व्रीहिरुच्यते

IAST Transliteration

prā́ṇāpānāú vrī́hiyavā́v anaḍvā́n prā́ṇa ucyate | yáve ha prā́ṇa ā́hito ’pā́no vrī́hir ucyate ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The In-breath and the Out-breath are called the Rice and Barley; the draught-ox is called the Breath. Verily in barley Breath is deposited; the Out-breath is called the rice.

Word by Word

प्राणापानौprāṇa and apāna (the two vital breaths)

व्रीहियवौrice and barley

अनड्वान्the bull (draught-ox)

प्राणःprāṇa (in-breath / vital breath)

उच्यतेis called

यवेin/into the barley

हindeed

प्राणःprāṇa

आहितःplaced, deposited

अपानःapāna (out-breath / downward breath)

व्रीहिःrice

उच्यतेis called

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Prāṇa-hymn complex; r̥ṣi attribution varies in ancillary lists)

Devata: Prāṇa (and Apāna as subordinate vital power)

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (late Atharvanic style; often treated as anuṣṭubh-like in practice)

Mantra Rasa

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