Mantra 15

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अमा घृतं कृणुते केवलमाचार्यो भूत्वा वरुणो यद्यदैच्छत् प्रजापतौ । तद् ब्रह्मचारी प्रायच्छत् स्वन् मित्रो अध्यात्मनः

IAST Transliteration

ámā ghṛtáṃ kṛṇute kévalam ācā́ryo bhūtvā́ váruṇo yád-yad áicchat prajā́patau | tád brahmacārī prā́yacchat svàṃ mítró adhyā́tmanaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

At home he makes ghee, and that alone: the Teacher, becoming Varuṇa, whatsoever he desired in Prajāpati— that the Brahmacārin handed forth; heaven—Mitra—within the self.

Word by Word

• अमा: at home; in proximity
• अमा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अमा (अव्यय/निपात) अथवा अम् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘सह/समीपे’

• घृतम्: ghee
• घृतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणुते: makes; prepares
• कृणुते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• केवलम्: pure; unmixed
• केवलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: केवल (प्रातिपदिक)

• आचार्यः: the teacher
• आचार्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• वरुणः: Varuṇa
• वरुणः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऐच्छत्: desired; wished
• ऐच्छत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्/इच्छ् (धातु ‘to desire’)

• प्रजापतौ: in/with Prajāpati
• प्रजापतौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मचारी: the brahmacārin (religious student)
• ब्रह्मचारी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रायच्छत्: gave; bestowed
• प्रायच्छत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-यम् (धातु) / प्र-दा (अर्थे ‘to give’)—वैदिके ‘प्रायच्छत्’ = ‘gave, handed over’

• स्वन्: his own; one’s own
• स्वन्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक) + न् (वैदिक-रूप) → ‘स्वन्’ (अर्थे ‘स्वम्/स्वकीयम्’)

• मित्रः: Mitra
• मित्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अध्यात्मनः: of the inner self; of the spiritual essence
• अध्यात्मनः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्यात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Ācārya as Varuṇa; Prajāpati; Mitra; Svah (heavenly light)

Chandas: Mixed/irregular

Mantra Rasa

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