Mantra 3

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अतो वै ब्रह्म च क्षत्रं चोदतिष्ठतां ते अब्रूतां कं प्र विशावेति

IAST Transliteration

ató váí bráhma ca kṣatráṁ codátiṣṭhatāṁ té ábrūtāṁ káṁ prá viśā́vetí

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thereupon, verily, Brahman and Kṣatra arose together; and they said: ‘Into whom shall we two enter?’

Word by Word

• अतः: therefore; from that (cause)
• अतः: Apādāna
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अदस्/इदम्-प्रातिपदिक-आधारित अव्यय) अथवा ‘अतः’ अव्यय

• वै: indeed; surely
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात) अव्यय

• ब्रह्म: Brahman; the priestly/spiritual power
• ब्रह्म: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• क्षत्रम्: Kṣatra; royal/warrior power
• क्षत्रम्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक) / क्षत्रम् (नपुंसक)

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

• उदतिष्ठताम्: the two arose; stood up
• उदतिष्ठताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) with उद्- (उत्) उपसर्ग

• ते: those two; they two
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अब्रूताम्: they two said
• अब्रूताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)

• कम्: whom?
• कम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क (प्रश्न-सर्वनाम)

• प्र: forth; forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• विशावे: may we two enter
• विशावे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश् (धातु) with प्र- (उपसर्ग) implied by proximity

• इति: thus; saying so
• इति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic redactional voice (political prose narrative)

Devata: Brahman and Kṣatra (personified powers)

Chandas: Prose (brāhmaṇa-like narrative register)

Mantra Rasa

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