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Mantra 6

Sukta 9

वैश्वानरस्य प्रतिमोपरि द्यौर्यावद् रोदसी विबबाधे अग्निः । ततः षष्ठादामुतो यन्ति स्तोमा उदितो यन्त्यभि षष्ठमह्नः

vaiśvānaráस्य pratímopári dyáur yā́vad ródasī vibabā́dhe agníḥ | tátaḥ ṣaṣṭhā́d āmúto yánti stómā údíto yanty abhí ṣaṣṭám ahnáḥ

Above, as counterpart of Vaiśvānara, Heaven stands—so far as Agni hath thrust apart the two Worlds. Thence, from the Sixth, from yonder, the Stomas go their way; from the Rising they proceed, unto the Sixth of the day.

वैश्वानरस्यof Vaiśvānara (Agni)
वैश्वानरस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootवैश्वानर (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रतिमःa counterpart; match
प्रतिमः:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य (subject complement)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootप्रतिम (प्रातिपदिक)
उपरिabove
उपरि:
अधिकरण (locative sense: ‘above’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउपरि (अव्यय)
द्यौःthe heaven, sky
द्यौः:
कर्तृ (with implied ‘is/stands’)
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
यावत्as far as; to the extent that
यावत्:
अधिकरण/परिमाण (extent: ‘as far as’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयावत् (अव्यय/सम्बन्धबोधक)
रोदसीthe two worlds (heaven and earth)
रोदसी:
कर्तृ/अधिकरण (cosmic pair as extent)
TypeNoun (dual)
Rootरोदसी (प्रातिपदिक; द्वन्द्व-युगलार्थ)
विबबाधेhas pressed apart; has forced asunder
विबबाधे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootबाध् (धातु)
अग्निःAgni (fire)
अग्निः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
ततःfrom there; then
ततः:
अपादान/क्रम (from that; thereafter)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय; तदस्)
षष्ठात्from the sixth (day/part)
षष्ठात्:
अपादान (starting-point: ‘from the sixth’)
TypeAdjective/Numeral (ordinal)
Rootषष्ठ (क्रमवाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
आम्indeed; surely
आम्:
अव्ययार्थ (emphatic/asseverative particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआम् (अव्यय)
उतोand also; moreover
उतो:
समुच्चय/अन्वय (also; and further)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (अव्यय) + उ (निपात) → उतो
यन्तिthey go; they proceed
यन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
स्तोमाःhymns; praises
स्तोमाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)
उदितःfrom the rising (sun); from sunrise
उदितः:
अपादान (source: ‘from sunrise’)
TypeParticiple (adjectival) / Indeclinable-like in usage
Rootउदित (कृदन्त; √उद्/उद् ‘to rise’)
यन्तिthey go; they proceed
यन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
अभिtowards; unto
अभि:
कर्मप्रवचनीय/दिशा (towards, unto)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
षष्ठम्the sixth (one)
षष्ठम्:
कर्म (goal/endpoint with अभि)
TypeAdjective/Numeral (ordinal)
Rootषष्ठ (क्रमवाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
अह्नःof the day
अह्नः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of the day’)
TypeNoun
Rootअहन् (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic speculative seer-tradition.

Devata: Agni Vaiśvānara; secondarily Chandas/Stoma.

Chandas: Not securely determinable from the excerpt alone; the verse is metrical-cosmological instruction.

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