Mantra 24

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यो अस्य सर्वजन्मन ईशे सर्वस्य चेष्टतः । अतन्द्रो ब्रह्मणा धीरः प्राणो मानु तिष्ठातु

IAST Transliteration

yó asyá sárvajanmana íśe sárvasya céṣṭataḥ | átandro bráhmaṇā dhī́raḥ prāṇó mā́nu tiṣṭhātu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He who, with mind that begetteth all, is lord of this one, lord of all activity,—unwearied, steadfast, by holy power: let Prāṇa stand firm for thee, O Manu, for mankind.

Translation

ಯಾವನು ಸರ್ವಜನಕ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದ ಈ (ಜಗತ್ತು) ಮೇಲೆ ಅಧಿಪತಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದಾನೆ ಮತ್ತು ಸರ್ವ ಚಟುವಟಿಕೆಯ ಮೇಲೂ ಸ್ವಾಮಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದಾನೆ—ಅತಂದ್ರ, ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಶಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಧೀರನೂ ಸ್ಥಿರನೂ ಆಗಿರುವವನು; ಹೇ ಮನು, ಮಾನವಕುಲಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಾಣನು ನಿನಗಾಗಿ ದೃಢವಾಗಿ ನಿಲ್ಲಲಿ.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्य: of this (one); his
• अस्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वजन्मनः: of all births/origins
• सर्वजन्मनः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: सर्व-जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; जन्मन् = नपुंसकलिङ्ग-कारान्त)

• ईशे: rules; is lord of
• ईशे: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईश् (धातु)

• सर्वस्य: of all
• सर्वस्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• चेष्टतः: of the moving/acting (one); of what acts
• चेष्टतः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Participle (present active) used substantively
• Root: चेष्टत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √चेष्ट्)

• अतन्द्रः: untiring; unwearied
• अतन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-तन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मणा: by/with sacred power (brahman); by prayer
• ब्रह्मणा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• धीरः: wise; steadfast
• धीरः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीरा (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राणः: breath; life-force
• प्राणः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: may (it) not; do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध/प्रार्थना-निपात)

• अनु: along; after; in accordance
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• तिष्ठातु: let (it) stand/remain
• तिष्ठातु: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु; √स्था)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer-tradition (Prāṇa-hymn complex)

Devata: Prāṇa

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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