Mantra 9
Sukta 17
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
ब्राह्मण एव पतिर्न राजन्यो३ न वैश्यः । तत् सूर्यः प्रब्रुवन्नेति पञ्चभ्यो मानवेभ्यः
IAST Transliteration
brāhmaṇá evá pátiḥ ná rājanyò ná vaiśyàḥ | tát sū́ryaḥ prabrúvan éti páñcabhyo mānavébhyaḥ
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
The Brahmin alone is husband—not the Rajanya, not the Vaiśya. This, the Sun proclaiming, goeth forth among the fivefold sons of Manu.
Word by Word
ब्राह्मणःthe Brāhmaṇa (priestly man)
ब्राह्मणः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
एवindeed/only
एव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
पतिःlord/master
पतिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपति (प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
राजन्यःthe Rājanya/Kṣatriya
राजन्यः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
वैश्यःthe Vaiśya
वैश्यः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवैश्य (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that (statement/this)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सूर्यःSūrya (the Sun)
सूर्यः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रब्रुवन्declaring/proclaiming
प्रब्रुवन्:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootब्रू (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
एतिgoes/comes
एति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु)
पञ्चभ्यःfrom the five
पञ्चभ्यः:
Apādāna
TypeNumeral (used substantively/adjectivally)
Rootपञ्चन् (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
मानवेभ्यःfrom the men/humans
मानवेभ्यः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootमानव (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition.
Devata: Sūrya (as witness/proclaimer) and the Brahmin as normative center.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (edition-dependent).
Mantra Rasa
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