Mantra 23

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यो अस्य विश्वजन्मन ईशे विश्वस्य चेष्टतः । अन्येषु क्षिप्रधन्वने तस्मै प्राण नमोऽस्तु ते

IAST Transliteration

yó asyá viśvájanmana íśe víśvasya céṣṭataḥ | anyéṣu kṣiprádhanvane tásmai prā́ṇa námo 'stu te

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He who, with mind that begetteth all, is lord of this one, lord also of all that stirreth and bestirs itself;—to that swift-shooting Power among all beings, to Prāṇa, be reverence: homage be to thee.

Word by Word

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

• अस्य: of this (of him/this one)
• अस्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वजन्मनः: of the all-born / of him whose birth is universal
• विश्वजन्मनः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: विश्व-जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समासः)

• ईशे: rules, is lord (of)
• ईशे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईश् (धातु) / ईशे (पद)

• विश्वस्य: of all, of the universe
• विश्वस्य: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• चेष्टतः: of the moving/acting (one); of what is active
• चेष्टतः: Karma
• Type: Participle (present)
• Root: चेष्टत् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त; √चेष्ट्)

• अन्येषु: among others
• अन्येषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective/Pronoun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षिप्रधन्वने: to the swift-bow(ed) one / to him whose bow is quick
• क्षिप्रधन्वने: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective (compound)
• Root: क्षिप्र-धन्वन् (प्रातिपदिक; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समासः)

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

• प्राण: O Prāṇa (Life-breath)
• प्राण: (Vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• अस्तु: let there be
• अस्तु: (Predication)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• ते: to you / for you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally attributed within the Prāṇa-hymn complex (AV 11.4) to Atharvanic seers; specific r̥ṣi assignment varies by anukramaṇī tradition.

Devata: Prāṇa (deified Vital Breath)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in this section)

Mantra Rasa

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