Mantra 5

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अतो वै बृहस्पतिमेव ब्रह्म प्राविशदिन्द्रं क्षत्रम्

IAST Transliteration

ató váí bṛ́haspátim evá bráhma prá ā́viśad índraṁ kṣatrám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thereupon, verily, Brahman entered Bṛhaspati alone; (and) Kṣatra (entered) Indra.

Word by Word

• अतः: therefore; from this (cause)
• अतः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय; prātipadika: अ- (प्रदर्शक/अन्वय) + तस्-प्रत्यय)

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

• बृहस्पतिम्: Bṛhaspati (lord of prayer/sacred speech)
• बृहस्पतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• एव: just; only
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (निपात)

• ब्रह्म: the sacred power/holy utterance; brahman
• ब्रह्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राविशत्: entered; went into
• प्राविशत्: Kartā (क्रियापद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विश् (विशँ प्रवेशने)

• इन्द्रम्: Indra
• इन्द्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षत्रम्: kṣatra; royal power/sovereignty
• क्षत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic redactional voice

Devata: Bṛhaspati and Indra (as seats of brahman and kṣatra)

Chandas: Prose

Mantra Rasa

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