Mantra 11

Sukta 30

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अयमग्निरुपसद्य इह सूर्य उदेतु ते । उदेहि मृत्योर्गम्भीरात् कृष्णाच्चित् तमसस्परि

IAST Transliteration

ayám agnír upasádya ihá sū́rya úd etu te | úd ehi mṛtyór gambhīrā́t kṛṣṇā́c cit támasas pári

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Here is Agni, to be approached and sat beside; let the Sun arise for thee. Rise thou forth from Death’s deep gulf—yea, from the blackness—out of the darkness round about.

Word by Word

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निः: Agni; fire
• अग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• उपसद्यः: to be approached; fit to be sat near/attended
• उपसद्यः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपसद् (उप-√सद्) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• सूर्यः: the Sun
• सूर्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• उदेतु: let (him/it) rise
• उदेतु: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√इ (उदेति)

• ते: for you; to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उदेहि: rise up; come forth
• उदेहि: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√इ (उदेहि)

• मृत्योः: of death; from death
• मृत्योः: Apādāna (निर्गमन-स्थान-सम्बन्धः) / सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

• गम्भीरात्: from the deep (abyss)
• गम्भीरात्: Apādāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: गम्भीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृष्णात्: from the black (darkness)
• कृष्णात्: Apādāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• चित्: even
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (अव्यय/निपात)

• तमसः: of darkness
• तमसः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) / अपादान-सम्बन्धः
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around; beyond; away from
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic transmission (Anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Agni and Sūrya; opposed to Mṛtyu and Tamas.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely; confirm in edition).

Mantra Rasa

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