Mantra 3
Sukta 9
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
इयं या परमेष्ठिनी वाग् देवी ब्रह्मसंशिता । ययैव ससृजे घोरं तयैव शान्तिरस्तु नः
IAST Transliteration
iyáṃ yā parameṣṭhínī vā́g devī́ bráhma-saṃśitā | yayáivá sasṛjé ghóram táyaivá śā́ntir astu naḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
This—she who is supreme—Speech, the Goddess compacted with brahman: by her indeed the dreadful was sent forth; by that same power let peace be ours.
Word by Word
इयम्this (she)
इयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
याwho/which
या:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
परमेष्ठिनीthe highest-abiding one; supreme (goddess)
परमेष्ठिनी:
Kartā
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootपरमेष्ठिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘परमे-स्थ’ इत्यर्थे)
वाक्speech
वाक्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
देवीgoddess
देवी:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक; देव-)
ब्रह्मसंशिताjoined/connected with brahman (sacred power)
ब्रह्मसंशिता:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (kṛdanta)
Rootब्रह्मन् + संहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) → ब्रह्मसंहित (स्त्री. ब्रह्मसंहिता)
ययाby whom/with which
यया:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एवindeed/just
एव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
ससृजेcreated/produced
ससृजे:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootसृज् (धातु)
घोरम्the terrible (thing)
घोरम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootघोर (प्रातिपदिक)
तयाby her/with that
तया:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एवindeed/just
एव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
शान्तिःpeace; appeasement
शान्तिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootशान्ति (प्रातिपदिक; √शम्)
अस्तुlet there be
अस्तु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
नःfor us / of us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not explicit here)
Devata: Vāc (Speech), Brahman
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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