Mantra 8
Sukta 5
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
विद्म ते स्वप्न जनित्रं देवजामीनां पुत्रोऽसि यमस्य करणः
IAST Transliteration
vidmá te svapna janítraṃ devajāmīnā́ṃ putró ’si yamásya káraṇaḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
We know thy birthplace, O Dream: thou art the son of the God-kin, the instrument of Yama.
Word by Word
विद्मwe know
विद्म:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (विदँ ज्ञाने)
तेof you / to you
ते:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of you’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
स्वप्नO Sleep / O Dream
स्वप्न:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वप्न- (प्रातिपदिक)
जनित्रम्the begetter/producer (origin)
जनित्रम्:
कर्म (object of ‘we know’)
TypeNoun
Rootजनित्र- (√जन् + इत्रन्; kṛdanta used as noun)
देवजामीनाम्of the देवजामी-s (divine kindred/companions)
देवजामीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive dependent on जनित्रम्)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवजामी- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘of divine kin/companions’)
पुत्रःa son
पुत्रः:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य (predicate nominative with असि)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
असिyou are
असि:
— (copula)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (असँ भुवि)
यमस्यof Yama
यमस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive with करणः)
TypeNoun
Rootयम- (प्रातिपदिक)
करणःa maker/doer/agent
करणः:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य (predicate nominative with असि)
TypeNoun
Rootकरण- (√कृ + अन; kṛdanta used as noun)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Svapna-hymn seer not uniformly fixed across ancillary lists)
Devata: Svapna (Dream), with implicit linkage to Yama/Mṛtyu
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (Atharvanic mixed cadence; requires pada-count verification)
Mantra Rasa
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