Mantra 15
Sukta 8
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
दूरे पूर्णेन वसति दूर ऊनेन हीयते । महद् यक्षं भुवनस्य मध्ये तस्मै बलिं राष्ट्रभृतो भरन्ति
IAST Transliteration
dūré pūrṇéna vasati dūrā́ ūnéna hīyate | mahád yákṣaṃ bhúvanasya mádhye tásmai balíṃ rāṣṭra-bhṛ́to bharanti ||
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
Far off he dwelleth in his fulness; far off he is diminished by the lacking. A mighty Mystery standeth in the midmost of the world: to him the upholders of the realm bring tribute-offering.
Word by Word
दूरेfar away
दूरे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदूर (प्रातिपदिक)
पूर्णेनwith/through the full (whole)
पूर्णेन:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
वसतिdwells, resides
वसति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वस् (वसँ निवासे)
दूरेfar away
दूरे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदूर (प्रातिपदिक)
ऊनेनwith/through the deficient (less)
ऊनेन:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootऊन (प्रातिपदिक)
हीयतेdiminishes, is reduced
हीयते:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√हा (हाण् त्यागे) / √ही (ह्यायते क्षये) — प्रयोगः: हीयते
महत्great
महत्:
Kartā (विशेष्य-समन्वयेन)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
यक्षम्the wondrous/powerful being (yakṣa)
यक्षम्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
भुवनस्यof the world
भुवनस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
मध्येin the middle
मध्ये:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun (locative used adverbially)
Rootमध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
तस्मैto him/that (one)
तस्मै:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
बलिम्tribute, offering
बलिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबलि (प्रातिपदिक)
राष्ट्रभृतःthe realm-supporters (kings/maintainers of the kingdom)
राष्ट्रभृतः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (agentive)
Rootराष्ट्रभृत् (राष्ट्र + √भृ ‘to bear’, कृत्-प्रातिपदिक)
भरन्तिthey bear/bring, offer
भरन्ति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भृ (भृञ् धारणे)
Attribution
Rishi: AV 10.8 brahmodya tradition (often anonymous/collective).
Devata: Mahad Yakṣa (numinous central power; often interpreted as Prajāpati/Brahman).
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (longer pādas; AV metrical variability acknowledged).
Mantra Rasa
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta