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Mantra 19

Rishi: Yājñavalkya-tradition (Śukla-Yajurvedic transmission); Ṛgvedic source-echo for the mythic prelude
Devata: Viṣṇu (as the measurer/space-maker)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence in the mythic portion; followed by yajus-identifications

प्र पर्व॑तस्य वृष॒भस्य॑ पृ॒ष्ठान्नाव॑श्चरन्ति स्व॒सिच॑ इया॒नाः । ता आऽव॑वृत्रन्नध॒रागुद॑क्ता॒ अहिं॑ बु॒ध्न्य॒मनु॒ रीय॑माणाः । विष्णो॑र्वि॒क्रम॑णमसि॒ विष्णो॒र्विक्रा॑न्तमसि॒ विष्णो॑: क्रा॒न्तम॑सि

prá párvatasya vṛṣabhásya pṛṣṭhā́n nā́vaś caranti svásica iyānā́ḥ | tā́ ā́vavṛtrann adharā́gudaktā́ ahíṃ budhnyám ánu rī́yamāṇāḥ | víṣṇor vikrámaṇam asi víṣṇor vikrā́ntam asi víṣṇoḥ krā́ntam asi

പർവത-വൃഷഭത്തിന്റെ പിറകിൽ നിന്നു നൗകകൾ മുന്നോട്ടു നീങ്ങുന്നു, സ്വയംപ്രേരിതമായി തങ്ങളുടെ പഥത്തിൽ സഞ്ചരിച്ച്. അവ താഴെ നിന്നുയർന്ന്, മുന്നോട്ടു ഉരുളുമ്പോൾ, അധര സർപ്പം—അഹി—യെ ചുറ്റിപ്പിടിച്ച് അമർത്തി പിന്നോട്ടു തള്ളുന്നു. നീ വിഷ്ണുവിന്റെ വിക്രമണം; നീ വിഷ്ണുവിന്റെ വിക്രാന്തം (സിദ്ധമായ പാദക്ഷേപം); നീ വിഷ്ണുവിന്റെ ക്രാന്തം (പാദം വെച്ച വിസ്താരം).

प्र । पर्वतस्य । वृषभस्य । पृष्ठात् । नावः । चरन्ति । स्वसिचः । इयानाः । ताः । आ । अववृत्रन् । अधरात् । उदक्ताः । अहिम् । बुध्न्यम् । अनु । रीयमाणाः । विष्णोः । विक्रमणम् । असि । विष्णोः । विक्रान्तम् । असि । विष्णोः । क्रान्तम् । असि

प्रforth, forward
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र
पर्वतस्यof the mountain
पर्वतस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत
वृषभस्यof the bull
वृषभस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootवृषभ
पृष्ठात्from the back/ridge
पृष्ठात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootपृष्ठ
नावःboats
नावः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootनाव्/नौ
चरन्तिmove, go
चरन्ति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootचर्
स्वसिचःself-pouring / self-flowing (ones)
स्वसिचः:
Kartā (apposition to नावः)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootस्वसिच्
इयानाःgoing, advancing
इयानाः:
Kartā (qualifier)
TypeParticiple
Rootइ (धातु) → इयान (PPP/participle stem)
ताःthem
ताः:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
towards, unto
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अववृत्रन्they encompassed/covered
अववृत्रन्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootवृत् (with अव- + आ-)
अधरात्from below, below
अधरात्:
Adhikaraṇa (adverbial)
TypeAdjective (used adverbially)
Rootअधर
उदक्ताःraised up, lifted
उदक्ताः:
Kartā (qualifier of implied agents)
TypeParticiple
Rootउद् + अञ्च्/अक् (kṛdanta ‘raised/led up’)
अहिम्the serpent
अहिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअहि
बुध्न्यम्of the deep/abyssal
बुध्न्यम्:
Karma (qualifier of अहिम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootबुध्न्य
अनुafter, along
अनु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु
रीयमाणाःflowing/moving along
रीयमाणाः:
Kartā (qualifier)
TypeParticiple
Rootरी (रीयते) / रि (to flow/move)
विष्णोःof Viṣṇu
विष्णोः:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु
विक्रमणम्the stride/stepping
विक्रमणम्:
Pradhāna (predicate-noun)
TypeNoun (action noun)
Rootवि + क्रम → विक्रमण
असिyou are
असि:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
विष्णोःof Viṣṇu
विष्णोः:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु
विक्रान्तम्the stridden/stepped (space)
विक्रान्तम्:
Pradhāna (predicate-noun)
TypeParticiple (PPP used adjectivally/substantively)
Rootवि + क्रम → विक्रान्त
असिyou are
असि:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
विष्णोःof Viṣṇu
विष्णोः:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु
क्रान्तम्the stepped/stridden
क्रान्तम्:
Pradhāna (predicate-noun)
TypeParticiple (PPP used adjectivally/substantively)
Rootक्रम → क्रान्त
असिyou are
असि:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
V
Viṣṇu
A
Ahi (nether serpent / Budhnya)