Mantra 8

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अनच्छये तुरगातु जीवमेजद् ध्रुवं मध्य आ पस्त्याऽनाम्। जीवो मृतस्य चरति स्वधाभिरमर्त्यो मर्त्येना सयोनिः

IAST Transliteration

anácchaye turágātu jīvám éjad dhruváṃ mádhya ā́ pastyā́nām | jīvó mṛtásya cárati svadhā́bhir ámartyo mártyenā́ sáyoniḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

In the undecaying (realm) the swift-going living (power) moves, firm, in the midst of the homesteads. The living one walks amid the dead by its own ordinances—immortal, yet of one origin with the mortal.

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Jīva/Prāṇa (life principle)

Chandas: Requires metrical verification

Mantra Rasa

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