Mantra 4

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एको वो देवोऽप्यतिष्ठत् स्यन्दमाना यथावशम्। उदानिषुर्महीरिति तस्मादुदकमुच्यते

IAST Transliteration

éko vo devó ’py átiṣṭhat syándamānā yathāvaśám | úd ā́niṣur mahī́r íti tásmād udakám ucyate

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

One god among you took his stand, while ye flowed on at will. ‘The mighty ones brought it up,’—thus; therefore it is called udaká, the Water.

Word by Word

• एकः: one (single)
• एकः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: of you / your
• वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवः: god, deity
• देवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (निपात)

• अतिष्ठत्: stood, took a stand
• अतिष्ठत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)

• स्यन्दमानाः: flowing, streaming
• स्यन्दमानाः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (adjectival)
• Root: स्यन्द् (धातु) → स्यन्दमान (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• अवशम्: uncontrolledly, at will/without control
• अवशम्: —
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially)
• Root: अवश (प्रातिपदिक)

• उद्: up, forth
• उद्: —
• Type: Preverb/Indeclinable
• Root: उद् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• आनिषुः: they led/brought (up/forth)
• आनिषुः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग) → आ-नी

• महीः: great (ones) / great (waters)
• महीः: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक)

• इति: thus (quotative)
• इति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)

• तस्मात्: from that, therefore
• तस्मात्: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उदकम्: water
• उदकम्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक (प्रातिपदिक)

• उच्यते: is called
• उच्यते: —
• Type: Verb (passive)
• Root: वच् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified)

Devata: Āpas / presiding Deva over waters (not explicitly named here)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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