Mantra 1

Sukta 46

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दुःष्वप्ननाशनम्। यो न जीवोऽसि न मृतो देवानाममृतगर्भोऽसि स्वप्न । वरुणानी ते माता यमः पिताररुर्नामासि

IAST Transliteration

yó ná jīváḥ ási ná mṛtó devā́nām amṛ́ta-gárbho ási svápna | varuṇā́nī té mātā́ yamáḥ pitā́ arúr nā́mā́si

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thou who art neither living nor dead, O Dream—thou art of the Gods, with an immortal womb. Varuṇānī is thy mother; Yama thy father; Arur is thy name.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध)

• जीवः: a living being; alive
• जीवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीव (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध)

• मृतः: dead
• मृतः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √मृ)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमृतगर्भः: having an immortal womb/embryo; immortal-in-the-womb
• अमृतगर्भः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत-गर्भ (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• स्वप्न: O Dream
• स्वप्न: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• वरुणानी: Varuṇānī (wife/feminine power of Varuṇa)
• वरुणानी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुणानी (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: your
• ते: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• माता: mother
• माता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• यमः: Yama
• यमः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)

• पिता: father
• पिता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अरुर्: Arur (a proper name/being)
• अरुर्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरुर् (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)

• नाम: by name; named
• नाम: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution not supplied in input; commonly treated as Atharvan/Angiras type)

Devata: Svapna (Dream), with Varuṇānī and Yama as invoked genealogical powers

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires pada-count verification against a critical text)

Mantra Rasa

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