Mantra 6
Sukta 48
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
वेद वै रात्रि ते नाम घृताची नाम वा असि । तां त्वां भरद्वाजो वेद सा नो वित्तेऽधि जाग्रति
IAST Transliteration
véda váí rā́tri te nā́ma ghṛtā́cī nā́ma vā́ asi | tā́ṃ tvāṃ bharádvājo véda sā́ no vitté ’dhi jāgrati ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Known, verily, O Night, is thy name: ‘Ghr̥tācī’ indeed thou art by name. Thee thus Bharadvāja knoweth: so keep thou watch over our substance.
Word by Word
वेदknows
वेद:
(मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (विदँ ज्ञाने)
वैindeed / surely
वै:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (निपात)
रात्रिNight (goddess Night)
रात्रि:
Kartā (वेद इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootरात्रि- (प्रातिपदिक)
तेyour
ते:
सम्बन्ध (नाम्नः)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नामname
नाम:
(वाक्य-सम्बन्धः: ‘ते नाम’ = ‘thy name’)
TypeNoun
Rootनामन्- (प्रातिपदिक)
घृताचीGhrtācī (the ‘ghee-bright/unctuous-rayed’ one; an epithet/name)
घृताची:
(नाम-विशेषण/नामरूप-सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun (proper epithet)
Rootघृताची- (प्रातिपदिक; घृत + अची)
नाम(as) name
नाम:
(पुनरुक्त-नामनिर्देशः)
TypeNoun
Rootनामन्- (प्रातिपदिक)
वाor / alternatively
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (निपात)
असिyou are
असि:
(मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (असँ भुवि)
ताम्her / that (f.)
ताम्:
Karma (वेद इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootतद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
Karma (वेद इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
भरद्वाजःBharadvāja
भरद्वाजः:
Kartā (वेद इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootभरद्वाज- (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषिनाम)
वेदknows
वेद:
(मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (विदँ ज्ञाने)
साshe
सा:
Kartā (जाग्रति इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootतद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वित्तेin (our) knowledge / in awareness
वित्ते:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवित्ति- (प्रातिपदिक; √विद् → ‘knowledge/understanding’)
अधिover, upon; with reference to
अधि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
जाग्रतिkeeps awake / watches
जाग्रति:
(मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√जागृ (जागृ निद्राक्षये)
Attribution
Rishi: Bharadvāja (explicitly invoked as knower/authority within the verse)
Devata: Rātri (as Ghṛtācī)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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