Mantra 11

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

चेतो हृदयं यकृन्मेधा व्रतं पुरीतत्

IAST Transliteration

céto hṛ́dayaṃ yákṛn médhā vratáṃ purītát

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Mind, heart, liver; intelligence, the sacred observance, and the inmost membrane—(these are set in their places).

Word by Word

• चेतः: mind, consciousness
• चेतः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक) < √चित् (अवबोधने)

• हृदयम्: heart
• हृदयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)

• यकृत्: liver
• यकृत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यकृत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मेधा: intelligence, mental power
• मेधा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेधा (प्रातिपदिक)

• व्रतम्: vow, observance
• व्रतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरीतत्: intestines/bowels (viscera)
• पुरीतत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरीतत् (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (sūkta attributed within AV medical/anthropogonic catalogues; precise r̥ṣi varies by anukramaṇī tradition)

Devata: Puruṣa/Ātman as the integrated person; implicitly the healing power of ordered speech (vāc)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like catalogic cadence (enumerative; not a strict metrical pāda in this excerpt)

Mantra Rasa

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