Mantra 43

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पुण्डरीकं नवद्वारं त्रिभिर्गुणेभिरावृतम्। तस्मिन् यद् यक्षमात्मन्वत् तद् वै ब्रह्मविदो विदुः

IAST Transliteration

puṇḍarī́kaṃ náva-dvāraṃ tribhír guṇébhir āvṛ́tam | tasmín yád yákṣmā́tman-vát tád vái brahma-vidó viduḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A lotus-seat with nine portals, enclosed about with the threefold qualities: what therein is selfed with wasting-disease, that, verily, the knowers of Brahman know.

Translation

ନବଦ୍ୱାରଯୁକ୍ତ ପୁଣ୍ଡରୀକ (କମଳାସନ) ତିନି ଗୁଣରେ ସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଆବୃତ। ତାହାର ଭିତରେ ଯାହା ଯକ୍ଷ୍ମା ସହିତ ଆତ୍ମବତ୍—ଆତ୍ମସ୍ୱରୂପରେ—ବିଦ୍ୟମାନ, ତାହାକୁ ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ବ୍ରହ୍ମବିଦମାନେ ଜାଣନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• पुण्डरीकम्: white lotus; (fig.) lotus-like abode
• पुण्डरीकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्डरीक (प्रातिपदिक)

• नव: nine
• नव: Karma
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: नव (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्वारम्: gate; opening
• द्वारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वार (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्रिभिः: by/with three
• त्रिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक)

• गुणेभिः: by/with qualities/strands (guṇas)
• गुणेभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• आवृतम्: covered; enclosed
• आवृतम्: Karma
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: √वृ (वृञ् वरणे) + आ- (उपसर्ग); क्त (PPP) → आवृत

• तस्मिन्: in that (in it)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: which; whatever
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यक्षम्: the wondrous/adorable being; (here) the mysterious entity
• यक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• आत्मन्वत्: endowed with self; having an आत्मन्
• आत्मन्वत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + -वत् (मतुप्/वतुप्-प्रत्यय; possessive adj.) → आत्मन्वत्

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वै: indeed; surely
• वै: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (निपात/अव्यय)

• ब्रह्मविदः: knowers of Brahman
• ब्रह्मविदः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + √विद् (विद् ज्ञाने) → ब्रह्मविद् (समास/कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘ब्रह्मणो विद्’

• विदुः: know; have known
• विदुः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (विद् ज्ञाने)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic/Angirasa attribution for speculative-healing hymns (exact r̥ṣi assignment varies in anukramaṇī traditions).

Devata: Brahman / Ātman (with yákṣma as adversarial presence)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant; this verse scans as anuṣṭubh-like with Atharvanic flexibility)

Mantra Rasa

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