Mantra 23

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तं विराडनु व्यऽचलत् सर्वे च देवाः सर्वाश्च देवताः

IAST Transliteration

tám virā́ḍ ánu vyàcalat sárve ca devā́ḥ sárvāś ca devátāḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

After him moved Virāj; and all the Gods, and all the Divinities besides.

Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (as object)
• तम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विराट्: Virāṭ (the cosmic being)
• विराट्: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Proper noun
• Root: विराज् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘विराट्’)

• अनु: after, following
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/preposition)
• Root: अनु

• व्यचलत्: moved/followed (went after)
• व्यचलत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: चल् (धातु) + वि- (उपसर्ग)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable (conjunction)
• Root: च

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable (conjunction)
• Root: च

• देवताः: deities/divinities
• देवताः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (contextual).

Devata: Virāj; Sarve Devāḥ; Sarvā Devatāḥ (total pantheon).

Chandas: Atharvanic narrative cadence; formulaic totality-invocation.

Mantra Rasa

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