Mantra 1

Sukta 77

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रतिष्ठापनम्। अस्थाद् द्यौरस्थात् पृथिव्यस्थाद् विश्वमिदं जगत्। आस्थाने पर्वता अस्थु स्थाम्न्यश्वां अतिष्ठिपम्

IAST Transliteration

pratiṣṭhā́panam | ásthād dyáur ásthāt pṛthivī́ ásthād víśvam idáṃ jágat | ā-sthā́ne párvatā ásthuḥ sthā́mny áśvān átiṣṭhipam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

For establishment: Heaven stood fast, Earth stood fast, all this moving world stood fast; in their station the mountains stood—within the standing-place have I made the horses stand firm.

Word by Word

• प्रतिष्ठापनम्: establishing; fixation
• प्रतिष्ठापनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिष्ठापन (प्रति-√स्था + णिच् + ल्युट्)

• अस्थात्: stood; was set
• अस्थात्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (स्था/तिष्ठ)

• द्यौः: the sky
• द्यौः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्थात्: stood; was set
• अस्थात्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (स्था/तिष्ठ)

• पृथिवी: the earth
• पृथिवी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्थात्: stood; was set
• अस्थात्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (स्था/तिष्ठ)

• विश्वम्: all; entire
• विश्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• जगत्: moving world; universe
• जगत्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आस्थाने: in (their) place; in a fixed station
• आस्थाने: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्थान (आ-√स्था + ल्युट्/घञ्-प्रातिपदिक)

• पर्वताः: mountains
• पर्वताः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्थुः: stood; were set
• अस्थुः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (स्था/तिष्ठ)

• स्थाम्नि: in the station; in the fixed place
• स्थाम्नि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्वान्: horses
• अश्वान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• अतिष्ठिपम्: I caused to stand; I established
• अतिष्ठिपम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (स्था/तिष्ठ) + णिच्

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (unspecified in input)

Devata: Pratiṣṭhā / Cosmic order (Dyāvā-Pṛthivī as supports)

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (appears longer than standard anuṣṭubh; requires metrical verification)

Mantra Rasa

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