Mantra 20

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स्तेयं दुष्कृतं वृजिनं सत्यं यज्ञो यशो बृहत्। बलं च क्षत्रमोजश्च शरीरमनु प्राविशन्

IAST Transliteration

stéyaṃ duṣkṛtáṃ vṛ́jinaṃ satyáṃ yajñó yáśo bṛhát | bálaṃ ca kṣatrám ójaś ca śarī́ram ánu prā́viśan ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Theft, ill-deed, and crooked harm; and Truth, and Sacrifice, and lofty Glory; and Strength, and Kṣatra, and Vigor—these entered after and into the body.

Word by Word

• स्तेयम्: theft, stealing
• स्तेयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तेय (प्रातिपदिक; √स्ते/स्ताय् ‘चौर्ये’ से निष्पन्न भाव)

• दुष्कृतम्: evil deed, wrongdoing
• दुष्कृतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: दुष्कृत (प्रातिपदिक; दुष्- + कृत ‘done badly’)

• वृजिनम्: sin, crookedness, harm
• वृजिनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वृजिन (प्रातिपदिक)

• सत्यम्: truth, the true
• सत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक; √अस् ‘to be’ से ‘sat’)

• यज्ञः: sacrifice, ritual
• यज्ञः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक; √यज् ‘पूजायाम्/यागे’)

• यशः: fame, glory
• यशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहत्: great, lofty
• बृहत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक; √बृह् ‘वृद्धौ’)

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

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

• क्षत्रम्: dominion, royal power
• क्षत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• ओजः: vigor, vital force
• ओजः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• शरीरम्: body
• शरीरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनु: along, after; into (as preverb)
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• प्राविशन्: they entered, they pervaded/entered into
• प्राविशन्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √विश् (प्रवेशने)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer-tradition of AV 11.8.

Devata: Abstract powers (pāpa/puṇya), especially Satya and Yajña as efficacious principles.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

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