Mantra 2
Sukta 112
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यद् वा प्रवृद्ध सत्पते न मरा इति मन्यसे । उतो तत् सत्यमित् तव
IAST Transliteration
yád vā́ pravr̥ddha satpate ná marā́ íti mányase | utó tát satyám íd táva
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
If, O might-increased Lord of the True, thou deemest thus, ‘I shall not die,’—then that, moreover, is verily thine own truth.
Word by Word
यत्which/that (thing)
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (avyaya)
प्रवृद्धO grown/strong one
प्रवृद्ध:
Sambodhana (address)
TypeAdjective (past passive participle)
Rootप्र√वृध् (वृध् ‘to grow’) → प्रवृद्ध (ppp)
सत्पतेO good lord/master
सत्पते:
Sambodhana (address)
TypeNoun
Rootसत्पति (prātipadika: सत् + पति)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (avyaya)
मराdie (you)
मरा:
—
TypeVerb
Rootमृ (धातु ‘to die’) → मरा (loṭ/imperative)
इतिthus/‘…’
इति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (avyaya)
मन्यसेyou think/suppose
मन्यसे:
Kartā (implicit ‘त्वम्’)
TypeVerb
Root√मन् (मन्यते ‘to think’)
उतोand also/further
उतो:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ + तो (निपातसमूह; उ/उत + उ)
तत्that (thing)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
सत्यम्truth/true (thing)
सत्यम्:
Karma / Predicate nominal
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसत्य (prātipadika)
इत्indeed/just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइद्/इत् (avyaya; emphatic particle in Vedic)
तवof you/your
तव:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
Attribution
Rishi: Ṛgvedic attribution (Indra-stotra tradition; AV 20 borrows RV material)—exact r̥ṣi per RV parallel to be supplied by RV cross-reference.
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (by cadence; confirmable via RV parallel)
Mantra Rasa
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