Mantra 32
Sukta 2
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यमः परोऽवरो विवस्वान् ततः परं नाति पश्यामि किं चन। यमे अध्वरो अधि मे निविष्टो भुवो विवस्वानन्वाततान
IAST Transliteration
yamáḥ páro ’váro vívasvān tátaḥ paráṃ nā́ti paśyāmi kíṃ caná | yamé adhvaró ádhi me níviṣṭo bhúvo vívasvān ánvātatan ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Yama is the farther, the nearer; Vivasvant—beyond that I see not anything at all. In Yama is the rite for me established; Vivasvant hath stretched it along through the worlds.
Word by Word
यमःYama (the god of death)
यमः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootयम (प्रातिपदिक) / यम- (देवता)
परःhigher, further
परः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
अवरःlower, nearer
अवरः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootअवर (प्रातिपदिक)
विवस्वान्Vivasvān (the Sun)
विवस्वान्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootविवस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक; सूर्य)
ततःfrom there; thence
ततः:
Apādāna
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
परम्further, beyond
परम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used adverbially)
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अतिbeyond, past
अति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअति
पश्यामिI see
पश्यामि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√पश् (दृश्)
किम्anything; what
किम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चनat all (emphatic particle)
चन:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचन
यमेin/with Yama; in Yama (realm)
यमे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootयम (प्रातिपदिक)
अध्वरःsacrifice; ritual
अध्वरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअध्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
अधिupon; over; in
अधि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि
मेmy; for me
मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
निविष्टःentered; established; set
निविष्टः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootनि-√विश् (प्रवेशने) / ‘निविष्ट’ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
भुवःof the world/being; of existence
भुवः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootभुवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
विवस्वान्Vivasvān (the Sun)
विवस्वान्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootविवस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक; सूर्य)
अनुafter; along
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु
आततानstretched out; extended; spread
आततान:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootआ-√तन् (विस्तारे) / ‘आततान’ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: AV 18.2 Pitṛ-cycle tradition (variable).
Devata: Yama; Vivasvant (secondary)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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