Mantra 27

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अक्षितिं भूयसीम्

IAST Transliteration

ákṣitim bhū́yasīm |

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Imperishability—more abundant still.

Word by Word

• अक्षि॑तिम्: imperishability; undiminished state
• अक्षि॑तिम्: कर्म (प्राप्तव्य/इष्ट-वस्तु)
• Type: Noun (abstract) / Adjective-like substantive
• Root: अक्षिति (प्रातिपदिक; a-क्षि-ति, √क्षि ‘क्षय/नाश’ से; न-क्षयः = ‘अक्षिति’)

• भूय॑सीम्: greater; more abundant
• भूय॑सीम्: विशेषण (अक्षि॑तिम् का)
• Type: Adjective (comparative)
• Root: भूयसी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘बहु’ का स्त्रीलिङ्ग-तुलनात्मक/वृद्धि-रूप)

Attribution

Rishi: As per hymn attribution (funerary Atharvanic tradition).

Devata: Abstract efficacy (Akṣiti) within pitṛ-rite; implicitly Yama/pitṛ-world.

Chandas: Fragment/hemistich (not a full metrical verse in isolation).

Mantra Rasa

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