Mantra 12
Sukta 6
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
इतिहासस्य च वै स पुराणस्य च गाथानां च नाराशंसीनां च प्रियं धाम भवति य एवं वेद
IAST Transliteration
itihāsásya ca váí sá purāṇásya ca gā́thānāṃ ca nārāśaṃsī́nāṃ ca priyáṃ dhā́ma bhávati yá eváṃ véda
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Verily he who thus knoweth becometh a dear abode—a beloved station—of Itihāsa and of Purāṇa, and of the Gāthās, and of the Nārāśaṃsī praises.
Word by Word
इतिहासस्यof the Itihāsa (legendary history)
इतिहासस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootइतिहास (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
वैindeed
वै:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
सःhe
सः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पुराणस्यof the Purāṇa (ancient lore)
पुराणस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootपुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
गाथानाम्of the gāthās (songs/verses)
गाथानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootगाथा (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
नाराशंसीनाम्of the Nārāśaṃsīs (praise-formulas/benedictory verses)
नाराशंसीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootनाराशंसी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘नराशंस’ सम्बन्धि)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
प्रियम्dear, beloved
प्रियम्:
कर्म (फल/प्राप्त्यर्थक)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
धामabode; seat; luminous dwelling
धाम:
कर्म (भवति इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootधामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
भवतिbecomes
भवति:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (वेद इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एवम्thus; in this manner
एवम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
वेदknows
वेद:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु)
Attribution
Rishi: Late Atharvanic compilers (sectional).
Devata: Vāc / Itihāsa-Purāṇa-Gāthā-Nārāśaṃsī personified.
Chandas: Brāhmaṇa-like cadence.
Mantra Rasa
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