Mantra 2

Rishi: Traditionally ascribed to the Puruṣa-sūkta seer-line (later Vedic attribution; often treated as śruti without a single human r̥ṣi in ritual pragmatics)

Devata: Puruṣa (cosmic Person) / Prajāpati (by bandhu)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (Puruṣa-sūkta section)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पुरु॑ष ए॒वेदᳪ सर्वं॒ यद्भू॒तं यच्च॑ भा॒व्य॒म् । उ॒तामृ॑त॒त्वस्येशा॑नो॒ यदन्ने॑नाति॒रोह॑ति

Transliteration

púruṣa evédáṃ sárvaṃ yád bhūtáṃ yác ca bhāvyàm | utā́mṛtatvásyeśā́no yád ánnenātiróhati

Translation

പുരുഷൻ തന്നെയാണ് സത്യത്തിൽ ഈ സർവ്വം—ഭൂതമായതും ഭാവിയായതും; കൂടാതെ അവൻ അമൃതത്വത്തിന്റെ അധിപനാണ്, കാരണം അന്നം (പോഷണം) കൊണ്ടു അവൻ എല്ലാറ്റിനും അതീതമായി വർദ്ധിക്കുന്നു.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

पुरुषः । एव । इदम् । सर्वम् । यत् । भूतम् । यत् । च । भाव्यम् । उत । अमृतत्वस्य । ईशानः । यत् । अन्नेन । अतिरोहति

Word by Word

पुरुषःthe Person (Puruṣa)

एवindeed, alone

इदम्this

सर्वम्all, the whole

यत्whatever (that which)

भूतम्has been, past

यत्and whatever (that which)

चand

भव्यम्will be, future

उतand also

अमृतत्वस्यof immortality

ईशानःthe lord, ruler

यत्because/inasmuch as; that which

अन्नेनby/with food

अतिरोहतिsurpasses, rises beyond

Entities Mentioned

Puruṣa

Prajāpati

Ritual Context

Viniyoga (Ritual Application)

Commentary Summary

Philosophical Concepts

Vedic Cosmology

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