Mantra 6
Sukta 2
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
भूतं च भविष्यच्च परिष्कन्दौ मनो विपथम्
IAST Transliteration
bhūtáṁ ca bhaviṣyác ca pariṣkandáu máno vipátham
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
The been and the to-be, the two that range about; the mind—(let it not go upon) the by-path.
Word by Word
भूतम्the past; what has been
भूतम्:
Karma (object; with implied verb like ‘knows/contains/has’)
TypeNoun (used adjectivally) / Kṛdanta
Rootभूत (√भू) [PPP as prātipadika]
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
भविष्यत्the future; what will be
भविष्यत्:
Karma (object; coordinated with भूतम्)
TypeNoun (used adjectivally) / Kṛdanta
Rootभविष्यत् (√भू; future active participle as prātipadika)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
परिष्कन्दौthe two ‘roamers/assailants’ (paired forces)
परिष्कन्दौ:
Karma (object; dual entity ‘the two roaming/assailing ones’)
TypeNoun (dual) / Kṛdanta-derived stem
Rootपरिष्कन्द (प्रātipadika; from pari- + √स्कन्द ‘to leap/assail/roam’)
मनःmind
मनः:
Karma (object; ‘mind’ as that which is affected/known)
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रātipadika)
विपथम्wrong path; deviation; by-path
विपथम्:
Karma (object; ‘wrong path’ / ‘deviation’)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootविपथ (वि- + पथ) (प्रātipadika)
Attribution
Rishi: Vratya-corpus attribution (variable in lists).
Devata: Temporal totality (bhūta/bhaviṣyat) and Manas (mind) as operative power.
Chandas: Non-classical/irregular (short catalogic segment).
Mantra Rasa
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