Mantra 26

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

त्रयः केशिन ऋतुथा वि चक्षते संवत्सरे वपत एक एषाम्। विश्वमन्यो अभिचष्टे शचीभिर्ध्राजिरेकस्य ददृशे न रूपम्

IAST Transliteration

tráyaḥ́ keśína ṛtuthā́ ví cakṣate saṃvatsaré vapata éka eṣām | víśvam anyó abhí caṣṭe śácībhir dhrājír ékasya dadṛśe ná rūpám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Three are the long-haired Powers who, season by season, are seen apart; within the year one of them sheareth (his hair). Another, with efficacious might, looketh forth upon the All; the flashing splendour of one is seen—yet not his form.

Translation

ಋತು ಋತುವಾಗಿ ಪ್ರತ್ಯೇಕವಾಗಿ ಕಾಣಿಸುವ ಮೂರು ಕೇಶಿನ (ದೀರ್ಘಕೇಶ) ಶಕ್ತಿಗಳು ಇವೆ; ಸಂವತ್ಸರದಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರಲ್ಲಿ ಒಬ್ಬನು (ತನ್ನ) ಕೂದಲನ್ನು ಕತ್ತರಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಮತ್ತೊಬ್ಬನು ತನ್ನ ಶಚೀಭಿಃ (ಪ್ರಭಾವಶಾಲಿ ಶಕ್ತಿಗಳಿಂದ) ವಿಶ್ವವನ್ನೆಲ್ಲ ಅಭಿಚಷ್ಟೇ (ನೋಡಿ/ವೀಕ್ಷಿಸಿ) ನಿಂತಿದ್ದಾನೆ; ಒಬ್ಬನ ಧ್ರಾಜಿಃ (ಮಿಂಚುವ ತೇಜಸ್ಸು) ಕಾಣುತ್ತದೆ—ಆದರೆ ಅವನ ರೂಪ ಕಾಣುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.

Word by Word

• त्रयः: three
• त्रयः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक) → त्रय-

• केशिनः: the long-haired ones
• केशिनः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: केशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋतुथा: season by season; in due seasons
• ऋतुथा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऋतु + -था (अव्ययीभाव/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय)

• वि: apart; distinctly
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग)

• चक्षते: they see; they behold
• चक्षते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चक्ष् (चक्षँ दर्शने)

• संवत्सरे: in the year
• संवत्सरे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)

• वपत: he shaves/cuts; he shears
• वपत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वप् (वपँ बीजवपन-छेदने)

• एकः: one
• एकः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)

• एषाम्: of these (of them)
• एषाम्: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एषद्/एष

• विश्वम्: the whole (universe); everything
• विश्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective used substantively
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्यः: another (one)
• अन्यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards; over; upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग)

• चष्टे: he sees; he beholds
• चष्टे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चक्ष् (चक्षँ दर्शने)

• शचीभिः: with powers; with efficacies/skills
• शचीभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शची (प्रातिपदिक)

• ध्राजिः: (a) shining course/beam; radiance
• ध्राजिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्राजि (प्रातिपदिक)

• एकस्य: of one
• एकस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)

• ददृशे: has been seen; appeared
• ददृशे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (दृशँ प्रेक्षणे)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)

• रूपम्: form; appearance
• रूपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with Vāk/Brāhmaṇa-style revelation (attribution varies in ancillary lists for this hymn).

Devata: Occult cosmic powers; implicitly Vāk/ṛta-governed agencies.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (as transmitted; metrical exactness varies with recension).

Mantra Rasa

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