Mantra 19

Rishi: Vājasaneyin tradition (unspecified)

Devata: Śunāsīra; Vāyu; Sūrya

Chandas: Yajus-formula (non-metrical/prose-like)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उ॒क्ताः स॑ञ्च॒रा एता॑: शुनासी॒रीया॑: श्वे॒ता वा॑य॒व्या॒: श्वे॒ताः सौ॒र्याः

Transliteration

uktā́ḥ sañcarā́ etā́ḥ śunāsīrī́yāḥ śvetā́ vāyavyā́ḥ śvetā́ḥ sauryā́ḥ

Translation

പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചതുപോലെ ഇവ സഞ്ചരിക്കുന്നവയാണ്—ശുനാസീരീയങ്ങൾ; വായുവിനോടു ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടവ വെളുത്തവ; സൂര്യനോടു ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടവയും വെളുത്തവ.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

उ॒क्ताः । स॒ञ्च॒राः । ए॒ताः । शु॒ना॒सी॒रीयाः॑ । श्वे॒ताः । वा॒य॒व्याः॑ । श्वे॒ताः । सौ॒र्याः ।

Word by Word

• उक्ताः: spoken; declared; so-called
• उक्ताः: विशेषणम् (कर्तृ/प्रातिपदिक-सम्बन्धः) — qualifies the following plural nouns
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: उक्त (√वच्) / वच्-धातु

• सञ्चराः: moving ones; roamers
• सञ्चराः: कर्तृ (नामपदम्) — the subjects being described
• Type: Noun
• Root: सञ्चर (सम्+√चर्) / सञ्चर-प्रातिपदिक

• एताः: these
• एताः: कर्तृ/निर्देशक (deictic) — ‘these’ referring to the following feminine plurals
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्-सर्वनाम

• शुनासीरीयाः: belonging to/connected with Śunāsīra
• शुनासीरीयाः: विशेषणम् — qualifies ‘एताः/श्वेताः’ (fem. pl.)
• Type: Adjective (gentilic/relational)
• Root: शुनासीरीय-प्रातिपदिक (शुनासीर-सम्बन्धी)

• श्वेताः: white; bright
• श्वेताः: विशेषणम् — predicative/attributive for the feminine plural referents
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वेत-प्रातिपदिक

• वायव्याः: of Vāyu; wind-related
• वायव्याः: विशेषणम् — ‘of Vāyu / pertaining to the Wind’
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वायव्य-प्रातिपदिक (वायु-सम्बन्धी)

• श्वेताः: white; bright
• श्वेताः: विशेषणम् — repeated epithet
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वेत-प्रातिपदिक

• सौर्याः: of Sūrya; solar
• सौर्याः: विशेषणम् — ‘of Sūrya / solar’
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौर्य-प्रातिपदिक (सूर्य-सम्बन्धी)

Entities Mentioned

• Śunāsīra (Śunāsīrīya)
• Vāyu
• Sūrya