Mantra 2

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

गायत्रेण प्रति मिमीते अर्कमर्केण साम त्रैष्टुभेन वाकम्। वाकेन वाकं द्विपदा चतुष्पदाक्षरेण मिमते सप्त वाणीः

IAST Transliteration

gāyatréṇa práti mimīte arkám arkéṇa sā́ma trā́iṣṭubhena vā́kam | vā́kena vā́kaṃ dví-padā cátuṣ-padā́kṣareṇa mimate saptá vā́ṇīḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With Gāyatrī he measures out the hymn; with hymn, the Sāman; with Trāiṣṭubha, speech. With speech (he measures) speech: by the syllable they measure the seven voices, two-footed and four-footed.

Word by Word

गायत्रेणby/with the Gāyatrī (metre)

प्रतिtowards; in return; correspondingly

मिमीतेmeasures; apportions

अर्कम्the Arka (hymn/chant; also ‘sun’ in other contexts)

अर्केणby/with the Arka

सामthe Sāman (chant)

त्रैष्टुभेनby/with the Triṣṭubh (metre)

वाor

वाकम्speech; utterance

वाकेनby/with speech

वाकम्speech

द्विपदाtwo-footed (i.e., of two pādas/feet)

चतुष्पदाfour-footed (i.e., of four pādas/feet)

अक्षरेणby/with a syllable; by the imperishable (word)

मिमते(they) measure; apportion

सप्तseven

वाणीःvoices; utterances

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (speculative hymn).

Devata: Vāc / Chandas / Akṣara (speech and its imperishable unit).

Chandas: Didactic/speculative; internally references Gāyatrī and Trāiṣṭubh.

Mantra Rasa

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