Mantra 1

Sukta 21

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

छन्दांसि। गायत्र्यु१ष्णिगनुष्टुब् बृहती पङ्क्तिस्त्रिष्टुब् जगत्यै

IAST Transliteration

chándāṃsi | gāyatrī́ uṣṇík anuṣṭúb bṛhatī́ paṅktís triṣṭúb jágatī́ íti

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The metres: Gāyatrī, Uṣṇih, Anuṣṭubh, Bṛhatī, Paṅkti, Triṣṭubh, Jagatī—thus.

Word by Word

• छन्दांसि: meters (Vedic poetic metres)
• छन्दांसि: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: छन्दस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• गायत्री: Gāyatrī (metre)
• गायत्री: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)

• उष्णिक्: Uṣṇik (metre)
• उष्णिक्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: उष्णिक् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनुष्टुप्: Anuṣṭubh (metre)
• अनुष्टुप्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुष्टुप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहती: Bṛhatī (metre)
• बृहती: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहती (प्रातिपदिक)

• पङ्क्तिः: Paṅkti (metre)
• पङ्क्तिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पङ्क्ति (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्रिष्टुप्: Triṣṭubh (metre)
• त्रिष्टुप्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिष्टुप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• जगती: Jagatī (metre)
• जगती: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगती (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Notionally Atharvanic/technical (often unattributed in a personal r̥ṣi sense)

Devata: Chandas (the meters personified/collectivized)

Chandas: List-form (not a single meter; meta-liturgical)

Mantra Rasa

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