Mantra 28

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

संख्याता स्तोकाः पृथिवीं सचन्ते प्राणापानैः संमिता ओषधीभिः । असंख्याता ओप्यमानाः सुवर्णाः सर्वं व्याऽपुः शुचयः शुचित्वम्

IAST Transliteration

saṃkhyā́tā stokā́ḥ pṛthivī́ṃ sacante prāṇāpānáiḥ saṃmitā́ óṣadhībhiḥ | asaṃkhyā́tā opyámānāḥ suvarṇā́ḥ sárvaṃ vy-ā́puḥ śúcayaḥ śucitvám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Counted drops attach themselves unto Earth, made duly measured with the in-breath and out-breath, with the herbs. Uncounted, being wrought and golden-hued, the pure ones have pervaded all—purity itself.

Word by Word

• संख्याता: counted, numbered
• संख्याता: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संख्यात (√ख्या + सम्, क्त) / संख्याता- (ppp as adj.)

• स्तोकाḥ: drops; small particles
• स्तोकाḥ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोक- (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृथिवीम्: the earth
• पृथिवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सचन्ते: they accompany/cleave to
• सचन्ते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सच् (सचँ—समवाये/अनुसङ्गे)

• प्राणापानैः: with the in-breath and out-breath
• प्राणापानैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण- + अपान- (समास)

• संमिताः: measured; proportioned
• संमिताः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संमित (√मा + सम्, क्त) / संमिता- (ppp as adj.)

• ओषधीभिः: with herbs/medicinal plants
• ओषधीभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• असंख्याताः: uncounted; innumerable
• असंख्याताः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असंख्यात (a- + संख्यात, ppp as adj.)

• ओप्यमानाः: approaching; coming near
• ओप्यमानाः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: उप-√या/√इ (उप + √या/इ), शानच् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• सुवर्णाः: golden ones; of good color
• सुवर्णाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सुवर्ण- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वम्: all; the whole
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: सर्व- (प्रातिपदिक)

• व्यापुः: they pervaded; they filled
• व्यापुः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√आप् (आपॢँ—व्याप्तौ)

• शुचयः: the pure ones
• शुचयः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: शुचि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• शुचित्वम्: purity
• शुचित्वम्: Karma
• Type: Abstract Noun
• Root: शुचित्व- (शुचि + त्व)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with Atharvanic seers of the Bhūmi/anna complex (AV 12); specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition.

Devata: Oṣadhis (Herbs) and Śuci/Śucitva (Purity) as operative powers; implicitly Bhūmi (Earth).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (AV 12 frequently uses mixed/expanded meters; edition-dependent scansion).

Mantra Rasa

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