Mantra 21

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

भूतिश्च वा अभूतिश्च रातयोऽरातयश्च याः । क्षुधश्च सर्वास्तृष्णाश्च शरीरमनु प्राविशन्

IAST Transliteration

bhū́tiś ca vā́ abhū́tiś ca rātáyo 'rā́tayaś ca yā́ḥ | kṣúdhaś ca sárvā́s tṛ́ṣṇāś ca śarī́ram ánu prā́viśan ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Prospering and un-prospering; gifts and non-gifts, whatsoever they be; and all hungers and all thirsts—these entered after and into the body.

Word by Word

• भूतिः: prosperity, well-being
• भूतिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूति (√भू) प्रातिपदिक

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वै: indeed
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• अभूतिः: misfortune, non-prosperity
• अभूतिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-भूति (√भू) प्रातिपदिक

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• रातयः: gifts, bestowals
• रातयः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: राति (√रा/√दा ‘देने’) प्रातिपदिक

• अरातयः: non-gifts, refusals/withholdings
• अरातयः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-राति (न-राति) प्रातिपदिक

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• याः: which (those that)
• याः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षुधः: hungers
• क्षुधः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुध्/क्षुधा (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• तृष्णाः: thirsts, cravings
• तृष्णाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृष्णा (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

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

• अनु: into, along, after
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

• प्राविशन्: they entered
• प्राविशन्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √विश्

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer-tradition of AV 11.8.

Devata: Abstract paired powers (Bhūti/Abhūti; Rāti/Arāti) and bodily drives (Kṣudh, Tṛṣṇā).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

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