Mantra 3
Sukta 11
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यदेनमाह व्रात्य क्वाऽवात्सीरिति पथ एव तेन देवयानानव रुन्द्धे
IAST Transliteration
yád enam ā́ha vrā́tya kvā̀’vātsīr íti pathá evá téna devayā́nān áva runddhe
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
In that he saith unto him, ‘O Vrātya, where hast thou lodged?’—thereby he verily maketh fast the paths, even the god-going paths.
Word by Word
यत्that which
यत्:
कर्म (यद्-तद् सम्बन्धे ‘that which’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एनम्him
एनम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आहsaid
आह:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअह् (धातु) / √अह् ‘to say’
व्रात्यO Vrātya
व्रात्य:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootव्रात्य (प्रातिपदिक)
क्वwhere?
क्व:
अधिकरण (प्रश्नार्थ-देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्व (अव्यय)
अवात्सीःdid you dwell/stay?
अवात्सीः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वस् (धातु) ‘to dwell, stay’
इतिthus
इति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
पथःof the path
पथः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootपथ्/पन्थन् (प्रातिपदिक)
एवindeed, just
एव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
तेनby that (thereby)
तेन:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवयानान्the god-going (divine) paths
देवयानान्:
कर्म
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootदेवयान (प्रातिपदिक; देव + यान ‘divine path/way’)
अवdown/away (as prefixal particle)
अव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअव (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
रुन्द्धेblocks, obstructs
रुन्द्धे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√रुध् (धातु) ‘to obstruct, block, shut in’
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Vrātya complex)
Devata: Devayāna (divine paths) as functional ‘deity’/power; Vrātya as catalyst
Chandas: Ritual prose / explanatory style
Mantra Rasa
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