Mantra 12

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

साध्या एकं जालदण्डमुद्यत्य यन्त्योजसा । रुद्रा एकं वसव एकमादित्यैरेक उद्यतः

IAST Transliteration

sā́dhyā ékaṃ jāla-daṇḍám udyátya yánty ójasā | rudrā́ ékaṃ vásava ékam ādityái réka udyátaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Sādhyas, lifting on high the single netted staff, advance with might. The Rudras are one, the Vasus are one; with the Ādityas there is One uplifted.

Word by Word

• साध्याः: the Sādhyas (a class of deities)
• साध्याः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्य (प्रातिपदिक; देवगण-नाम)

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (संख्यावाचक/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• जालदण्डम्: a net-staff / netted rod (jāla-daṇḍa)
• जालदण्डम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाल-दण्ड (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• उद्यत्य: having lifted/raised
• उद्यत्य: (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
• Type: Verb (absolutive)
• Root: उद्-यम् (धातु: यम् ‘to raise’ + उपसर्ग उद्)

• यन्ति: they go / proceed
• यन्ति: (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु ‘to go’)

• ओजसा: with strength, by might
• ओजसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• रुद्राः: the Rudras
• रुद्राः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक; देव-नाम)

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (संख्यावाचक/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• वसवः: the Vasus
• वसवः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक; देवगण-नाम)

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (संख्यावाचक/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• आदित्यैः: with/by the Ādityas
• आदित्यैः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक; देवगण-नाम)

• एकः: one (single one)
• एकः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (संख्यावाचक/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• उद्यतः: raised, uplifted (standing up/ready)
• उद्यतः: (कर्तृ-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Participle
• Root: उद्-यम् (धातु: यम् ‘to raise’ + उपसर्ग उद्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (hymn attributed in tradition to Atharvan/Angiras line; precise r̥ṣi assignment depends on Anukramaṇī)

Devata: Sādhyas, Rudras, Vasus, Ādityas (collective divine hosts)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV; this verse conforms to anuṣṭubh-like cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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