Mantra 5
Sukta 7
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
ऐन्द्राग्नं पावमानं महानाम्नीर्महाव्रतम्। उच्छिष्टे यज्ञस्याङ्गान्यन्तर्गर्भ इव मातरि
IAST Transliteration
aindrāgnáṃ pā́vamānaṃ mahānā́mnīr mahāvratám | ucchíṣṭe yajñásyā́ṅgāny antárgarbha iva mātári
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
The Aindrāgna, the Pāvamāna, the Mahānāmnī verses, the Great-Vow rite—within the Ucchiṣṭa are the limbs of sacrifice, as an embryo within the mother.
Word by Word
ऐन्द्राग्नम्(the Soma) belonging to Indra and Agni
ऐन्द्राग्नम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootऐन्द्राग्न (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्र+अग्नि-सम्बन्धी)
पावमानम्purifying, being purified (Soma)
पावमानम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootपव् (धातु) → पावमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; शतृ/शानच्-प्रकारः)
महानाम्नीःthe ‘Mahānāmnī’ (great-named) verses/chant-formulas
महानाम्नीः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootमहानाम्नी (प्रातिपदिक; महा+नामन्/नाम्नी)
महाव्रतम्the great rite/vow (Mahāvrata)
महाव्रतम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootमहाव्रत (प्रातिपदिक; महा+व्रत)
उच्छिष्टेin/at the remainder, in the leavings (i.e., in what is left over)
उच्छिष्टे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootउच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञस्यof the sacrifice
यज्ञस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
अङ्गानिlimbs, constituent parts
अङ्गानि:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्तर्गर्भःan inner embryo/fetus
अन्तर्गर्भः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तर्गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक; अन्तर्+गर्भ)
इवlike, as if
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
मातरिin the mother
मातरि:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/Brahmavādin attribution (varies by anukramaṇī)
Devata: Ucchiṣṭa
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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