Mantra 1

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उच्छिष्टे नाम रूपं चोच्छिष्टे लोक आहितः । उच्छिष्ट इन्द्रश्चाग्निश्च विश्वमन्तः समाहितम्

IAST Transliteration

ucchíṣṭe nā́ma rū́paṃ cocchíṣṭe loká ā́hitaḥ | ucchíṣṭa índraś cāgníś ca víśvam antáḥ samā́hitam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

In the Remnant are name and form; in the Remnant is the world established. In the Remnant are Indra and Agni; all is within it gathered and comprised.

Word by Word

• उच्छिष्टे: in the leftover/remnant (sacrificial residue)
• उच्छिष्टे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; √शिष्/शेष् ‘अवशेषे’ से निष्पन्न ‘अवशिष्ट/शेष’ अर्थ)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• उच्छिष्टे: in the leftover/remnant
• उच्छिष्टे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)

• लोकः: world
• लोकः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• आहितः: placed/established
• आहितः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-√धा (धातु) → ‘आहित’ (कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय)

• उच्छिष्टे: in the leftover/remnant
• उच्छिष्टे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अग्निः: Agni
• अग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• विश्वम्: all; the whole (universe)
• विश्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• अन्तः: within
• अन्तः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तर् (प्रातिपदिक) / अन्तः (अव्यय-प्रयोगः ‘within’)

• समाहितम्: collected/contained/placed together
• समाहितम्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-√धा (धातु) → ‘समाहित’ (कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Ucchiṣṭa hymn complex; seer not specified here)

Devata: Ucchiṣṭa (as brahman/cosmic remainder); Indra, Agni included as contained powers

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)

Mantra Rasa

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