Mantra 1

Sukta 42

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ब्रह्मयज्ञः। ब्रह्म होता ब्रह्म यज्ञा ब्रह्मणा स्वरवो मिताः । अध्वर्युर्ब्रह्मणो जातो ब्रह्मणोऽन्तर्हितं हविः

IAST Transliteration

bráhma-yajñaḥ | bráhma hótā bráhma yajñā́ bráhmaṇā́ sváravo mitā́ḥ | adhvaryúr bráhmaṇo jātó bráhmaṇo ’ntárhitaṃ havíḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This is the Brahma-sacrifice. The Hotṛ is brahman; the sacrifices are brahman; by brahman are the tones duly measured. The Adhvaryu is born of brahman; within brahman the oblation is hidden.

Translation

हा ब्रह्म-यज्ञ आहे. होता ब्रह्म आहे; यज्ञ ब्रह्म आहेत; ब्रह्मानेच स्वर योग्य रीतीने मोजले/निश्चित केले जातात. अध्वर्यु ब्रह्मापासून जन्मलेला आहे; ब्रह्माच्या अंतरी हवि (आहुती) लपलेली/निहित आहे.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मयज्ञः: the Brahma-sacrifice / sacred recitation as sacrifice
• ब्रह्मयज्ञः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मन् + यज्ञ)

• ब्रह्म: Brahman; the sacred word/power
• ब्रह्म: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• होता: the Hotṛ-priest
• होता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्म: Brahman; sacred utterance
• ब्रह्म: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञाः: sacrifices
• यज्ञाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मणा: by/with Brahman (sacred power/word)
• ब्रह्मणा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वरवः: tones/sounds (of recitation)
• स्वरवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वरव (प्रातिपदिक)

• मिताः: measured, regulated
• मिताः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (Participle)
• Root: √मा (माने/मितौ) → मित (कृदन्त, भूतकृदन्त/PPP)

• अध्वर्युः: the Adhvaryu-priest
• अध्वर्युः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मणः: from/of Brahman
• ब्रह्मणः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• जातः: born, arisen
• जातः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (Participle)
• Root: √जन् → जात (कृदन्त, भूतकृदन्त/PPP)

• ब्रह्मणः: from/of Brahman
• ब्रह्मणः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्तर्हितम्: hidden within, deposited inside
• अन्तर्हितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (Participle)
• Root: अन्तर्हित (कृदन्त; अन्तर् + √धा/√हि?; रूढ-प्रातिपदिक ‘अन्तर्हित’ = hidden/placed within)

• हविः: oblation, offering
• हविः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (late liturgical compilation; specific ṛṣi not explicit in the given citation)

Devata: Brahman (sacred speech) / Yajña (sacrifice personified)

Chandas: Mixed/late Atharvanic; predominantly anuṣṭubh-like cadence (exact meter uncertain without full pada-count verification)

Mantra Rasa

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