Mantra 6
Sukta 23
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
उत् पुरस्तात् सूर्य एति विश्वदृष्टो अदृष्टहा। दृष्टांश्च घ्नन्नदॄष्टांश्च सर्वांश्च प्रमृणन् क्रिमीन्
IAST Transliteration
út purastā́t sū́rya eti viśvádṛṣṭo adṛṣṭahā́ | dṛṣṭā́ṃś ca ghnán adṛṣṭā́ṃś ca sárvāṃś ca pramṛṇán krimī́n ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Up from the east the Sun advanceth, all-beholding, slayer of the unseen; smiting the seen and smiting the unseen, yea crushing down all worms.
Word by Word
उत्up; forth
उत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउद् (उपसर्ग) / उत् (निपात)
पुरस्तात्in front; in the east; beforehand
पुरस्तात्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
सूर्यःthe Sun
सूर्यः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
एतिgoes; comes; moves
एति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु)
विश्वदृष्टःall-seeing; seen by all
विश्वदृष्टः:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व-दृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
अदृष्टहाslayer of the unseen (i.e., hidden)
अदृष्टहा:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-दृष्ट-हन् (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास)
दृष्टान्the seen (ones)
दृष्टान्:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootदृष्ट (कृदन्त; √दृश् → दृष्ट)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
घ्नन्striking; killing
घ्नन्:
Kartā (क्रियाविशेषण/सहक्रिया)
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootहन् (धातु)
अदृष्टान्the unseen (ones)
अदृष्टान्:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअ-दृष्ट (कृदन्त; √दृश् → दृष्ट)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
सर्वान्all
सर्वान्:
Karma (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
प्रमृणन्crushing; destroying
प्रमृणन्:
Kartā (क्रियाविशेषण/सहक्रिया)
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootमृ (धातु) / मृण् (धात्वादेशः) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
क्रिमीन्worms; parasites
क्रिमीन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकृमि (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Sūrya (as purifier and adṛṣṭahā)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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