Mantra 21
Sukta 6
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
दितेश्च वै सोऽदितेश्चेडायाश्चेन्द्राण्याश्च प्रियं धाम भवति य एवं वेद
IAST Transliteration
dítéś ca váí só ’dítéś cédā́yāś céndrāṇyā́ś ca priyáṃ dhā́ma bhavati yá eváṃ véda
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Verily he becometh a dear abode of Diti and of Aditi, of Iḍā and of Indrāṇī—whoso thus knoweth.
Word by Word
दितेःof Diti
दितेः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootदिति
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
वैindeed
वै:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
सःhe/that (one)
सः:
कर्तृ (of भवति)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (स-प्रातिपदिक) / सर्वनाम
अदितेःof Aditi
अदितेः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअदिति
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
इडायाःof Iḍā
इडायाः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootइडा
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
इन्द्राण्याःof Indrāṇī
इन्द्राण्याः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्राणी
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
प्रियंdear, beloved
प्रियं:
कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध (predicate adjective with धाम)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रिय
धामabode; seat; splendor
धाम:
कर्तृ (with प्रियं; predicate nominative of भवति)
TypeNoun
Rootधामन्
भवतिbecomes
भवति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभू
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (of वेद)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (य-प्रातिपदिक) / सर्वनाम
एवंthus, in this manner
एवं:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
वेदknows
वेद:
—
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (contextual for AV 15).
Devata: Diti, Aditi, Iḍā, Indrāṇī (as patrons of the knower).
Chandas: Brāhmaṇa-like phala-śruti prose embedded in Saṃhitā style.
Mantra Rasa
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