Mantra 5
Sukta 3
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
उप द्यामुप वेतसमवत्तरो नदीनाम्। अग्ने पित्तमपामसि
IAST Transliteration
úpa dyā́m úpa vetasám ávattaro nadī́nām | ágne pittám apā́m asi ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Up to the sky, up to the reed; go thou down to the rivers. O Agni, thou art the bile (the potent essence) of the waters.
Word by Word
उपnear, towards (up to)
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/निपात)
द्याम्the sky, heaven
द्याम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ (प्रातिपदिक: द्यौ/दिव्)
उपnear, towards
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/निपात)
वेतसम्reed, cane (vetasa)
वेतसम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवेतस (प्रातिपदिक)
अवत्तरोhas crossed down; has descended
अवत्तरो:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootअव-तॄ (धातु: तॄ ‘to cross’ with उपसर्ग अव-)
नदीनाम्of the rivers
नदीनाम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootनदी (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
पित्तम्bile (pitta)
पित्तम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
अपाम्of the waters
अपाम्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootअप्/आप् (प्रातिपदिक: अप् ‘water’)
असिyou are
असि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (funerary book); specific attribution varies.
Devata: Agni; also Āpas (Waters) implicitly.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; short bipartite verse—confirm by syllable count).
Mantra Rasa
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