Mantra 10
Sukta 53
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
कालः प्रजा असृजत कालो अग्रे प्रजापतिम्। स्वयंभूः कश्यपः कालात् तपः कालादजायत
IAST Transliteration
kāláḥ prajā́ asṛjat kāló ágre prajā́patim | svayambhū́ḥ káśyapaḥ kālā́t tápaḥ kālā́d ajāyata ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Time sent forth the creatures; Time, in the beginning, brought Prajāpati to birth. Self-existent Kaśyapa—from Time was born; from Time was born austere Heat (tapas).
Word by Word
कालःTime (as a deity)
कालः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रजाःcreatures; offspring
प्रजाः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
असृजत्created; sent forth
असृजत्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसृज् (धातु)
कालःTime
कालः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्रेin the beginning; first
अग्रे:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable (adverbial form)
Rootअग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रजापतिम्Prajāpati (Lord of creatures)
प्रजापतिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वयम्भूःself-existent (one)
स्वयम्भूः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootस्वयम्भू (प्रातिपदिक)
कश्यपःKaśyapa
कश्यपः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootकश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)
कालात्from Time
कालात्:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
तपःausterity; heat (tapas)
तपः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootतपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
कालात्from Time
कालात्:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
अजायतwas born; arose
अजायत:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Attribution
Rishi: Late Atharvanic attribution; variable in tradition.
Devata: Kāla; cosmogonic figures Prajāpati/Kaśyapa/tapas as emanations.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh.
Mantra Rasa
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