Mantra 3

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

(८) तां देवमनुष्याऽ अब्रुवन्नियमेव तद् वेद यदुभय उपजीवेमेमामुप ह्वयामहा इति

IAST Transliteration

tā́ṃ devámanuṣyā́ abruvann niyám evá tád véda yád ubháyaṃ upajīvéma imā́m úpa hvayāmahe íti

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Her Gods and men spake unto: ‘This ordinance indeed he knoweth—whereby we both may live thereon: let us call upon this one,’ thus said they.

Word by Word

• ताम्: her / that (fem.)
• ताम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवम्: the god / divine one
• देवम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनुष्याः: men / human beings
• अनुष्याः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अब्रुवन्: they said
• अब्रुवन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)

• नियमः: restraint / rule / observance
• नियमः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम (प्रातिपदिक)

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्म (वेद्-क्रियायाः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वेद: knows
• वेद: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)

• यत्: that which
• यत्: कर्म (वेद्-क्रियायाः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (संबन्ध-सर्वनाम)

• उभयः: both / of two kinds
• उभयः: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभय (प्रातिपदिक)

• उपजीवेम: may we live by / subsist on
• उपजीवेम: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-जीव् (धातु)

• इमाम्: this (fem.), her
• इमाम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उप: near / unto
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप

• ह्वयामहै: we call / we invoke
• ह्वयामहै: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ह्वे/ह्वा (धातु)

• इति: thus (quotative)
• इति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

Attribution

Rishi: Not specified in input

Devata: The invoked sustaining power (prosperity/food-force)

Chandas: Prose-like/irregular (as transmitted in AV narrative style)

Mantra Rasa

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