Mantra 2

Sukta 15

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सप्त प्राणाः सप्तापानाः सप्त व्यानाः

IAST Transliteration

saptá prāṇā́ḥ saptā́pānāḥ saptá vyānā́ḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Seven are the in-breaths, seven the down-breaths, seven the pervading breaths.

Word by Word

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: विशेषण (कर्तृपदस्य)
• Type: Adjective (Numeral)
• Root: सप्त (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राणाः: vital breaths / life-forces
• प्राणाः: कर्तृ (उद्देश्य/विषयः) — ‘प्राणाः’ इति विषयपदम्
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक; प्र + √अन् ‘प्राणने’ इत्यर्थे)

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: विशेषण (कर्तृपदस्य)
• Type: Adjective (Numeral)
• Root: सप्त (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)

• अपानाः: downward breaths / apāna-vital airs
• अपानाः: कर्तृ (उद्देश्य/विषयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपान (प्रातिपदिक; अप + √अन् ‘श्वास-गत्यर्थे’)

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: विशेषण (कर्तृपदस्य)
• Type: Adjective (Numeral)
• Root: सप्त (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)

• व्यानाः: pervading breaths / vyāna-vital airs
• व्यानाः: कर्तृ (उद्देश्य/विषयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यान (प्रातिपदिक; वि + आ + √अन् ‘व्याप्तौ/प्राणने’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic (Vratya book tradition)

Devata: Prāṇa/Apāna/Vyāna (as vital powers of the Vratya)

Chandas: Prose-like enumerative formula

Mantra Rasa

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