Mantra 9

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एकरात्रो द्विरात्रः सद्यःक्रीः प्रक्रीरुक्थ्यः । ओतं निहितमुच्छिष्टे यज्ञस्याणूनि विद्यया

IAST Transliteration

ekarātró dvirā́traḥ sadyáḥkrī́ḥ prakrī́r ukthyáḥ | ótam níhitaṁ́ ucchíṣṭe yajñásyā́ṇūni vidyáyā́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The One-night, the Two-night, the Sadyaskrī, the Prakrī, the Ukthya—these are interwoven and laid away in Ucchiṣṭa; by sacred knowledge are known the sacrifice’s subtle particles.

Word by Word

• एकरात्रः: the one-night (rite/period)
• एकरात्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: एक-रात्र (प्रातिपदिक) < एक + रात्र

• द्विरात्रः: the two-night (rite/period)
• द्विरात्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: द्वि-रात्र (प्रातिपदिक) < द्वि + रात्र

• सद्यःक्रीः: the ‘immediate’/same-day purchase (or buyer); lit. ‘sudden/instant kṛī-’
• सद्यःक्रीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective (compound)
• Root: सद्यः-क्री (प्रातिपदिक; क्री-आधार) < सद्यः + क्री

• प्रक्रीः: the forward/advanced purchase (or purchaser)
• प्रक्रीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: प्र-क्री (प्रातिपदिक; क्री-आधार) < प्र + क्री

• उक्थ्यः: the Ukthya (rite/one entitled to uktha-recitation)
• उक्थ्यः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: उक्थ्य (प्रातिपदिक) < उक्थ

• ओतम्: woven; spread (as a web/texture)
• ओतम्: Karma
• Type: Participle (past passive)
• Root: √वे/√वा (वयति/वाति) → ओत (PPP ‘woven/extended’)

• निहितम्: placed; deposited
• निहितम्: Karma
• Type: Participle (past passive)
• Root: √धा (धत्ते) + नि → निहित (PPP ‘placed/laid down’)

• उच्छिष्टे: in the remainder/leavings (esp. ritual ‘leftover’)
• उच्छिष्टे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• यज्ञस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अणूनि: minute (particles/things); subtle elements
• अणूनि: Karma
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: अणु (प्रातिपदिक)

• विद्यया: by knowledge; through sacred lore
• विद्यया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often treated as Brahmavādic/anonymous in this speculative hymn)

Devata: Ucchiṣṭa (personified Residue) as the sustaining principle of yajña

Chandas: Mixed/irregular; predominantly anuṣṭubh-like cadence with brāhmaṇa-style enumerative diction

Mantra Rasa

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