Mantra 9
Sukta 14
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
स यद् ध्रुवां दिशमनु व्यचलद् विष्णुर्भूत्वानुव्यऽचलद् विराजमन्नादीं कृत्वा
IAST Transliteration
sá yád dhrúvāṃ díśam ánu ví acalat víṣṇur bhūtvā́nu ví ’calad virā́jam annādī́ṃ kṛtvā́
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
When he moved forth following the steadfast quarter, having become Viṣṇu he moved forth thereafter, having made Virāj a food-eater.
Word by Word
सःhe / that one
सः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स
यत्when; that which
यत्:
अधिकरण (काल-सम्बन्धः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम)
ध्रुवाम्fixed, firm
ध्रुवाम्:
कर्म (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
दिशम्direction, quarter
दिशम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootदिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
अनुafter, along, following
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/preposition)
Rootअनु
व्यचलत्moved forth; proceeded
व्यचलत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√चल् (चलँ गतौ) + वि
विष्णुःViṣṇu
विष्णुः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
भूत्वाhaving become
भूत्वा:
—
TypeVerbal indeclinable (gerund)
Root√भू (भू सत्तायाम्) प्रत्ययः: क्त्वा
अनुafter, along
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/preposition)
Rootअनु
व्यचलत्moved along; followed
व्यचलत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√चल् (चलँ गतौ) + वि
विराजम्Virāj (the radiant/sovereign one; cosmic metre)
विराजम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (proper/abstract)
Rootविराज् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘विराज्’)
अन्नादीम्food-eating; consumer of food
अन्नादीम्:
कर्म (विशेष्य/विशेषण-भावः)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअन्नादिन् (प्रातिपदिक; अन्न + आदिन् ‘eater/consumer’) → स्त्री. अन्नादी
कृत्वाhaving made; having done
कृत्वा:
—
TypeVerbal indeclinable (gerund)
Root√कृ (कृञ् करणे) प्रत्ययः: क्त्वा
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition; not singled out in this prose unit
Devata: Viṣṇu; Virāj as personified/metrological power
Chandas: Prose (with explicit reference to Virāj as metrical principle rather than meter of the line)
Mantra Rasa
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