Mantra 29

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

श्रुतं च विश्रुतं च परिष्कन्दौ मनो विपथम्

IAST Transliteration

śrutáṃ ca víśrutaṃ ca pariṣkandáu máno vipátham

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Heard and the Far-heard; the two that compass about; the mind—(lest it go) astray from the path.

Word by Word

• श्रुतम्: heard; known
• श्रुतम्: Karma (as a qualifier of an implied object/thing) / Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle used adjectivally)
• Root: श्रुत (√श्रु)

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

• विश्रुतम्: widely heard of; renowned
• विश्रुतम्: Karma (as a qualifier of an implied object/thing) / Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle used adjectivally)
• Root: विश्रुत (वि-√श्रु)

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

• परिष्कन्दौ: the two assailants/attackers; the two that leap around
• परिष्कन्दौ: Kartā (dual subject) / or Apposition to an implied pair
• Type: Noun (dual) / also interpretable as adjective used substantively
• Root: परिष्कन्द (परि-√स्कन्द)

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karma (object) / or Kartā depending on syntactic completion
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्

• विपथम्: Karma (object) / Gati-karman object (
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपथ (वि-पथ)

wrong path; deviation

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Attribution

Rishi: Vratya/Ātharvaṇa tradition

Devata: Śruta & Viśruta (personified hearing/renown) and Manas (mind) as functional powers

Chandas: Irregular short litany

Mantra Rasa

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