Mantra 3

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यानि त्रीणि बृहन्ति येषां चतुर्थं वियुनक्ति वाचम्। ब्रह्मैनद् विद्यात् तपसा विपश्चिद् यस्मिन्नेकं युज्यते यस्मिन्नेकम्

IAST Transliteration

yā́ni trī́ṇi bṛhánti yeṣā́ṃ caturtháṃ viyunákti vā́cam | bráhmaínad vidyā́t tápasā vipaścíd yásminn ékaṃ yujyáte yásminn ékam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Those three are vast, of which the fourth distinguisheth the Speech apart: this let the discerning man, by holy heat, know as Brahman—wherein the One is yoked, wherein the One (alone) is joined.

Word by Word

• यानि: which (things), whatever (things)
• यानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्रीणि: three
• त्रीणि: Karma
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• बृहन्ति: great, lofty
• बृहन्ति: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहन्त् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• येषाम्: of which
• येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चतुर्थम्: the fourth
• चतुर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्थ (क्रमवाचक-प्रातिपदिक)

• वियुनक्ति: separates, distinguishes
• वियुनक्ति: Kartā (implicit subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु) — वि + युनक्ति

• वाचम्: speech
• वाचम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (स्त्री-प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्म: Brahman; sacred power/absolute
• ब्रह्म: Karma (vidyāt इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक)

• एनत्: this (it)
• एनत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक-रूपम् ‘एनद्/एनत्’)

• विद्यात्: should know
• विद्यात्: Kartā (implicit: ‘one/knower’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)

• तपसा: by austerity, by tapas
• तपसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक)

• विपश्चित्: the wise one, the discerning
• विपश्चित्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विपश्चित् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• यस्मिन्: in which
• यस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Karma
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: एक (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• युज्यते: is yoked/joined, is united
• युज्यते: Kartā (implicit; passive/middle sense)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)

• यस्मिन्: in which
• यस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Karma
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: एक (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with speculative Atharvanic seers; often linked to Kāśyapa-line in this hymn’s frame (cf. 8.9.7).

Devata: Brahman / Vāc / Virāj (metre-personification, implicit).

Chandas: Mixed/Speculative (metre-discourse); not a simple single chandas declaration—content is metrical-theological.

Mantra Rasa

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