Mantra 20

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यस्मिन्त्समुद्रो द्यौर्भूमिस्त्रयोऽवरपरं श्रिताः

IAST Transliteration

yásmin samudró dyáur bhū́mis tráyo ’varaparám śritā́ḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

In whom the Ocean, Heaven, and Earth, the Three, are set—both lower and upper—resting fast.

Translation

ज्यामध्ये समुद्र, द्यौ (स्वर्ग) आणि भूमी—हे तिन्ही—अवर-पर, खाली व वर—दृढपणे प्रतिष्ठित आहेत.

Word by Word

• यस्मिन्: in which (in whom/wherein)
• यस्मिन्: अधिकारण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → यस्-

• समुद्रः: the ocean
• समुद्रः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्यौः: the sky (heaven)
• द्यौः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भूमिः: the earth
• भूमिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्रयः: three
• त्रयः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (Numeral)
• Root: त्रि (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)

• अवरम्: lower (down below)
• अवरम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवर (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपरम्: further/other (beyond)
• अपरम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रिताः: resting/placed; having resorted to
• श्रिताः: कर्तृ
• Type: Participle (Past Passive)
• Root: √श्रि (श्रयति) → क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त: श्रित

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often anonymous/collective in AV food-cosmology hymns)

Devata: Odana/Anna as a deified cosmic support (food as brahmanic totality)

Chandas: Mixed/irregular; close to Anuṣṭubh cadence but not strictly metrical in this excerpt

Mantra Rasa

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