Mantra 6

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आविः सन्निहितं गुहा जरन्नाम महत् पदम्। तत्रेदं सर्वमार्पितमेजत् प्राणत् प्रतिष्ठितम्

IAST Transliteration

āvíḥ sannihitáṃ gúhā járan nā́ma mahát padám | tátrédáṃ sárvam ārpitám éjat prāṇát prátiṣṭhitam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Manifest, yet laid away in secrecy, is the great station, ancient by name. Therein is all this fastened—moving, breathing—set firm in its abiding-place.

Translation

ಪ್ರಕಟವಾಗಿದ್ದರೂ ಗುಹೆಯಲ್ಲಿ (ಗುಪ್ತತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ) ಸಂನಿಹಿತವಾಗಿದೆ—ಹೆಸರಿನಿಂದ ಜರತ್ (ಪ್ರಾಚೀನ) ಎನ್ನಲ್ಪಡುವ ಮಹತ್ ಪದ. ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಇದನ್ನೆಲ್ಲ ಅರ್ಪಿತ (ಬಂಧಿತ)ವಾಗಿದೆ—ಚಲಿಸುವುದು, ಉಸಿರಾಡುವುದು—ತನ್ನ ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಾ-ಸ್ಥಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ದೃಢವಾಗಿ ಸ್ಥಿತವಾಗಿದೆ.

Word by Word

• आविः: the ewe; sheep (as the subject)
• आविः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आविः (प्रातिपदिक)

• सन्निहितम्: placed/laid down; deposited
• सन्निहितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: √धा (नि-धा) → निहित; उपसर्ग: सम्+नि

• गुहा: in the cave; in the hidden place
• गुहा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुहा (प्रातिपदिक)

• जरन्: aging; old
• जरन्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: √जॄ/जर् (जरति) (वर्तमान कृदन्त/वर्तमाने कृदन्तः)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पदम्: step; place; station
• पदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्र: there; in that (place)
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वम्: all; entire
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• आर्पितम्: fixed/fastened; set; placed upon
• आर्पितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: √ऋ (आ-ऋ/आर्पयति) → आर्पित (कर्मणि भूतकृदन्त)

• एजत्: moving; stirring; trembling
• एजत्: Karma
• Type: Participle (present active)
• Root: √एज् (एजति)

• प्राणत्: breathing; living
• प्राणत्: Karma
• Type: Participle (present active)
• Root: √अन्/प्राण् (प्राणिति) (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• प्रतिष्ठितम्: established; firmly set
• प्रतिष्ठितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: √स्था (प्रति-स्था) → प्रतिष्ठित (कर्मणि भूतकृदन्त)

Attribution

Rishi: Speculative Atharvanic seer-tradition

Devata: Pratiṣṭhā/Brahman as foundation; secondarily Prāṇa

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (compact, gnomic)

Mantra Rasa

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