Mantra 4
Sukta 18
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
अहोरात्रे नासिके दितिश्चादितिश्च शीर्षकपाले संवत्सरः शिरः
IAST Transliteration
ahorātré nā́sike dítíś cā́ditiś ca śīrṣakapālé saṃvatsaráḥ śíraḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Day-and-night are the nostrils; Diti and Aditi are (there); in the skull the Year is the head.
Word by Word
अहोरात्रेday-and-night (as a pair)
अहोरात्रे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअहोरात्र (प्रातिपदिक; अहः + रात्रि) अथवा द्वन्द्व-समासः
नासिकेthe two nostrils
नासिके:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootनासिका (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा नासिक (वैकल्पिक-प्रातिपदिक)
दितिःDiti
दितिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदिति (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अदितिःAditi
अदितिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअदिति (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
शीर्षकपालॆin/at the two skull-caps (head-bowls)
शीर्षकपालॆ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootशीर्षकपाल (प्रातिपदिक; शीर्षन् + कपाल, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)
संवत्सरःthe year
संवत्सरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसंवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
शिरः(is) the head
शिरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootशिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Anonymous Vratya tradition
Devata: Ahorātra (Day-Night); Diti; Aditi; Saṃvatsara (Year)
Chandas: Prose-like identificatory style
Mantra Rasa
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