Mantra 7

Sukta 53

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

काले मनः काले प्राणः काले नाम समाहितम्। कालेन सर्वा नन्दन्त्यागतेन प्रजा इमाः

IAST Transliteration

kālē mánaḥ kālé prāṇáḥ kālé nā́ma samā́hitam | kālēna sárvā nándanty ā́gatena prajā́ imā́ḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

In Time is mind; in Time is breath; in Time is name established fast. By Time, when it hath come, all these creatures—these offspring—rejoice and flourish.

Word by Word

• काले: in/at time
• काले: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)

• मनः: mind
• मनः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• काले: in/at time
• काले: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राणः: breath, vital force
• प्राणः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• काले: in/at time
• काले: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)

• नाम: name
• नाम: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• समाहितम्: placed together, established, composed
• समाहितम्: —
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धा) → समाहित (कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त)

• कालेन: by/through time
• कालेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (pronoun-like)
• Root: सर्व (सर्व-शब्द)

• नन्दन्ति: rejoice, thrive
• नन्दन्ति: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: नन्द् (धातु)

• आगतेन: having come, arrived
• आगतेन: करण
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: आ-गम् (गम्) → आगत (कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त)

• प्रजाः: creatures, offspring, people
• प्रजाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)

• इमाः: these
• इमाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer-tradition (Kāla-sūkta)

Devata: Kāla

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

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