Mantra 10

Sukta 130

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

देव त्वप्रतिसूर्य

IAST Transliteration

devá tvapratisū́rya

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O God, thou art a counter-sun.

Word by Word

• देवः: the god
• देवः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अप्रतिसूर्य: unsurpassed by the sun; having no rival like the sun
• अप्रतिसूर्य: कर्तृ (कर्तृपदस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-प्रति-सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-समास/उपसर्गयुक्त-विशेषण)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain from isolated excerpt.

Devata: A ‘deva’ characterized as tvapratisūrya (identity unclear without wider context).

Chandas: Indeterminate from a single pāda.

Mantra Rasa

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