Mantra 19

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सत्येनोर्ध्वस्तपति ब्रह्मणार्वाङ् वि पश्यति । प्राणेन तिर्यङ् प्राणति यस्मिन् ज्येष्ठमधि श्रितम्

IAST Transliteration

satyéna ūrdhvás tapati bráhmaṇā́rvā́ṅ ví paśyati | prāṇéna tiryáṅ prā́ṇati yásmin jyéṣṭham ádhi śritám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

By Truth he burns aloft; by Brahman he looks hitherward with clear sight. By Breath he breathes across; in him the Highest is established above.

Translation

ಸತ್ಯದಿಂದ ಅವನು ಮೇಲಕ್ಕೆ ತಪಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ; ಬ್ರಹ್ಮದಿಂದ ಅವನು ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯಿಂದ ಇಲ್ಲಿಯತ್ತ ನೋಡುವನು. ಪ್ರಾಣದಿಂದ ಅವನು ಅಡ್ಡವಾಗಿ ಉಸಿರಾಡುವನು; ಅವನಲ್ಲಿ ಜ್ಯೇಷ್ಠ (ಸರ್ವೋಚ್ಚ) ತತ್ತ್ವವು ಮೇಲಾಗಿ ಸ್ಥಾಪಿತವಾಗಿದೆ.

Word by Word

सत्येनby/with truth

ऊर्ध्वःthe Upright/one who is upward

तपतिhe/it heats, burns, shines

ब्रह्मणाby/with sacred power (brahman), by prayer

अर्वाक्downward, below

विapart, distinctly (prefix)

पश्यतिhe sees

प्राणेनby/with breath, by life-force

तिर्यक्sideways, across

प्राणतिhe breathes

यस्मिन्in whom/wherein

ज्येष्ठम्the highest, the eldest (chief)

अधिupon, over (prefix/preposition)

श्रितम्resting on, supported, established

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic speculative tradition (anukramaṇī attribution uncertain in this extract).

Devata: Satya, Brahman, Prāṇa (abstract deities/powers).

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh-like cadence but metrically irregular.

Mantra Rasa

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