Mantra 4
Sukta 14
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
स्व१र्यन्तो नापेक्षन्त आ द्यां रोहन्ति रोदसी । यज्ञं ये विश्वतोधारं सुविद्वांसो वितेनिरे
IAST Transliteration
svàr-yántaḥ ná́pekṣante ā́ dyā́m róhanti ródasī | yajñáṃ yé viśvátodhāraṃ su-vidvā́ṃso viténire
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Heaven-ward they go, and look not back: they climb unto the sky, the Two Worlds. They who, right-knowing, have stretched the Sacrifice, upheld on every side.
Word by Word
स्वर्यन्तःseeking heaven / aspiring upward
स्वर्यन्तः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (participial)
Root√स्वर् (स्वर्यति) / स्वर्यन्त- (प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अपेक्षन्तेthey look for / wait for / depend on
अपेक्षन्ते:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√ईक्ष् (अपेक्षते)
आup to, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb) अव्यय
Rootआ
द्याम्the heaven, sky
द्याम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ- (प्रातिपदिक)
रोहन्तिthey ascend, mount
रोहन्ति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√रुह् (रोहति)
रोदसीthe two worlds (heaven and earth)
रोदसी:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun (dual) / fixed dual
Rootरोदसी (द्यावापृथिव्यौ) (प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञम्the sacrifice, rite
यज्ञम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ- (प्रातिपदिक)
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वतःfrom all sides, universally
विश्वतः:
—
TypeIndeclinable (adverbial) / adjective used adverbially
Rootविश्व- (प्रातिपदिक)
धारम्supporting, sustaining
धारम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootधार- (प्रातिपदिक)
सुविद्वांसःwell-knowing, wise
सुविद्वांसः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (perfect participle)
Rootविद्वांस् (√विद्) + सु-
वितेनिरेthey have spread out / extended
वितेनिरे:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√तन् (वितनुते/वितनोति; वेदे: वितेनिरे)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Yajña (personified) / Svàr
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (probable; depends on pada division)
Mantra Rasa
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