Mantra 30

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एषा सनत्नी सनमेव जातैषा पुराणी परि सर्वं बभूव । मही देव्यु१षसो विभाती सैकेनैकेन मिषता वि चष्टे

IAST Transliteration

eṣā́ sanatnī́ sánam evá jātā́ eṣā́ purāṇī́ pári sárvaṃ babhūva | mahī́ devy ùṣásaḥ vibhātī́ sā́ ékena ékena míṣatā ví caṣṭe

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This is the ancient one, born from of old; this primeval one hath encompassed all around. Great is the Goddess—Dawn—shining forth: she, one by one, beholds distinctly the living that blink.

Translation

ଏହା ସନାତନ ପୁରାତନୀ; ଏହା ପ୍ରାଚୀନକାଳରୁ ଜନ୍ମିତ ପୁରାଣୀ; ଏହା ଚାରିଦିଗରେ ବ୍ୟାପି ସମସ୍ତକୁ ଆବୃତ କରିଛି। ମହାଦେବୀ—ଉଷା—ପ୍ରକାଶିତ ହୋଇ ଦୀପ୍ତିମାନ; ସେ ଝିଙ୍କାରୁଥିବା ଜୀବମାନଙ୍କୁ ଏକେକରେ ସ୍ପଷ୍ଟ ଭାବେ ନିହାଳେ।

Word by Word

• एषा: this (she)
• एषा: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सनत्नी: ancient, primeval
• सनत्नी: कर्तृ (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनत्नी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सनत्’ = प्राचीन/पुरातन)

• सनम्: always, perpetually
• सनम्: अधिकारण (काल-अर्थे)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सनम् (अव्यय; ‘सदा/नित्यं’)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• जाता: born, arisen
• जाता: कर्तृ (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: √जन् (जायते) → जात (कृदन्त)

• एषा: this (she)
• एषा: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पुराणी: ancient, of old
• पुराणी: कर्तृ (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुराणी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पुरा’)

• परि: around, all about
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• सर्वम्: all (everything)
• सर्वम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• बभूव: became, came to be
• बभूव: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भवति)

• मही: great, vast
• मही: कर्तृ (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवी: goddess
• देवी: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• उषसः: of Dawn (Uṣas)
• उषसः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उषस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• विभाती: shines forth, radiates
• विभाती: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भा (भाति) + वि-

• स: she
• स: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एकेन: with one (step/measure)
• एकेन: करण
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)

• एकेन: with one (step/measure)
• एकेन: करण
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)

• मिषता: the moving (world), what stirs
• मिषता: कर्म
• Type: Participle (used substantively)
• Root: √मिष् (मिषति ‘चलति/स्पन्दते’) → मिषत् (कृदन्त)

• वि: apart, distinctly
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• चष्टे: sees, beholds
• चष्टे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चक्ष् (चष्टे ‘पश्यति/आख्याति’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic speculative tradition

Devata: Uṣas (Dawn) as cosmic revealer

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

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