Mantra 18

Sukta 47

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

येना पावक चक्षसा भुरण्यन्तं जनां अनु । त्वं वरुण पश्यसि

IAST Transliteration

yénā pávaka cákṣasā bhuraṇyántaṁ jánāṁ ánu | tváṁ váruṇa páśyasi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With that purifying eye wherewith thou followest the roving peoples, thou, O Varuṇa, beholdest.

Translation

हे पावक! ज्या शुद्ध करणाऱ्या दृष्टीने तू भटकणाऱ्या जनांचा पाठपुरावा करतोस—त्याच दृष्टीने, हे वरुणा, तू पाहतोस.

Word by Word

• येन: by which (with which)
• येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

• पावक: O Purifier (epithet)
• पावक: (सम्बोधन) संबोधन-सम्बन्धः
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पावक (प्रातिपदिक; √पू ‘to purify’ से निष्पन्न) अथवा √पू + -अक

• चक्षसा: with (your) sight/eye
• चक्षसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘eye, sight’

• भुरण्यन्तम्: the swiftly-moving/active one
• भुरण्यन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Participle (Adjective) / Kṛdanta
• Root: भुरण्यन्त् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त; √भुरण्/भुर् ‘to move swiftly/roam, be active’—वैदिक) अथवा ‘भुरण्य’ धात्वर्थ-सम्बद्ध

• जनान्: people
• जनान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक) ‘people’

• अनु: along; after; following
• अनु: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त्व-

• वरुण: O Varuṇa
• वरुण: (सम्बोधन) संबोधन-सम्बन्धः
• Type: Noun (Proper) / Vocative
• Root: वरुण (देवनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पश्यसि: you see
• पश्यसि: (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (दृश्-अर्थे) ‘to see’

Attribution

Rishi: RV-derived stanza complex; r̥ṣi attribution varies in AV 20 transmission.

Devata: Varuṇa (with solar/eye imagery)

Chandas: RV-style meter (likely Triṣṭubh context); requires metrical verification against the padapāṭha of the source edition.

Mantra Rasa

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