Mantra 17

Sukta 47

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रत्यङ् देवानां विशः प्रत्यङ्ङुदेषि मानुषीः । प्रत्यङ् विश्वं स्वर्दृशे

IAST Transliteration

pratyáṅ devā́nāṁ víśaḥ pratyáṅ úd eṣi mā́nuṣīḥ | pratyáṅ víśvaṁ svár-dṛśé

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Backward against the clans of Gods, backward thou risest against the tribes of men; backward against all, for the beholding of the heavenly light.

Word by Word

• प्रत्यङ्: back/against; facing inward/opposite
• प्रत्यङ्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable/Adjective
• Root: प्रति + अञ्च् (प्रत्यञ्च्- प्रातिपदिक) अथवा अव्यय-रूप

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• विशः: the clans/peoples
• विशः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश् (प्रातिपदिक: ‘जन/प्रजा/कुल’)

• प्रत्यङ्: back/against; facing inward/opposite
• प्रत्यङ्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable/Adjective
• Root: प्रति + अञ्च् (प्रत्यञ्च्- प्रातिपदिक) अथवा अव्यय-रूप

• उदे॑षि: you go up/you rise
• उदे॑षि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + इ (धातु: इ ‘गमन’)

• मानुषीः: human (f.) beings/women; the human folk
• मानुषीः: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: मानुषी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मानव-सम्बन्धिनी’)

• प्रत्यङ्: back/against; facing inward/opposite
• प्रत्यङ्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable/Adjective
• Root: प्रति + अञ्च् (प्रत्यञ्च्- प्रातिपदिक) अथवा अव्यय-रूप

• विश्वम्: all; the whole (world/all beings)
• विश्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वर्दृशे: for the sight/vision of heaven (heavenly light)
• स्वर्दृशे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: स्वर्-दृश् (समास: स्वर् ‘स्वर्ग/प्रकाश’ + दृश् ‘दर्शन’; प्रातिपदिक: स्वर्दृश्/स्वर्दृश्-)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally connected with Sūrya/Āditya stanzas in AV 20 (RV-derived); specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition.

Devata: Sūrya (Āditya), as revealer and reverser of darkness/evil

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type RV meter context (AV 20 is largely RV-recitational); exact meter for this pāda-set depends on pada division in the source.

Mantra Rasa

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