Mantra 16

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऋतं सत्यं तपो रास्ट्रं श्रमो धर्मश्च कर्म च । भूतं भविष्यदुच्छिष्टे वीर्यं लक्ष्मीर्बलं बले

IAST Transliteration

ṛtáṃ satyáṃ tápo rāṣṭráṃ śrámo dhármaś ca kárma ca | bhūtáṃ bhaviṣyád ucchiṣṭé vī́ryaṃ lakṣmī́r bálaṃ bále

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Order and Truth, Fervor, Realm, and Toil, and Law and Act besides—past and to-be are in Ucchiṣṭa; therein are prowess, Fortune, strength in Strength.

Word by Word

• ऋतम्: cosmic order; rightness
• ऋतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (प्रातिपदिक) < √ऋ (गतौ/ऋ-धातु; ‘ऋत’ as established order)

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक) < सत् (√अस्) + यत्

• तपः: austerity; ascetic heat
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक) < √तप् (तपसि/उष्णीकरणे)

• राष्ट्रम्: kingdom; realm
• राष्ट्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रमः: toil; exertion
• श्रमः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रम (प्रातिपदिक) < √श्रम् (खेदे/परिश्रमे)

• धर्मः: dharma; law; duty
• धर्मः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) < √धृ (धारणे) + मन्

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• कर्म: deed; ritual act
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) < √कृ (करणे)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• भूतम्: the past; what has been
• भूतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक) < √भू (भवने) (भूत = ‘become/been’)

• भविष्यत्: the future; what will be
• भविष्यत्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: भविष्यत् (प्रातिपदिक) < √भू (भवने) (भविष्यत् = ‘about to be’)

• उच्छिष्टे: in the remainder; in the leavings (ucchiṣṭa)
• उच्छिष्टे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) < उद्-√शिष्/शेष् (शेषे) (उच्छिष्ट = ‘leftover, remainder’)

• वीर्यम्: vigor; potency
• वीर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक) < वीर

• लक्ष्मीः: fortune; prosperity
• लक्ष्मीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)

• बलम्: strength
• बलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)

• बले: in strength; upon strength
• बले: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seers (traditional lists vary)

Devata: Ucchiṣṭa

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (mixed/irregular)

Mantra Rasa

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