Mantra 10

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

या पुरस्ताद् युज्यते या च पश्चाद् या विश्वतो युज्यते या च सर्वतः । यया यज्ञः प्राङ् तायते तां त्वा पृछामि कतमा सर्चाम्

IAST Transliteration

yā́ purástād yujyáte yā́ ca paścā́d yā́ viśváto yujyáte yā́ ca sárvataḥ | yayā́ yajñáḥ prā́ṅ tāyáte tā́ṃ tvā pr̥chāmi katamā́ sā́ ŕ̥cām ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

She who is yoked in front, and she who behind; she who is yoked from every side, and she from all quarters: by whom the Sacrifice is stretched forth and drawn onward—her I ask of thee: which of the verses is she?

Translation

ਜੋ ਪੁਰਸਤਾਤ् (ਅੱਗੇ) ਜੋਤੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਜੋ ਪਸ਼ਚਾਤ् (ਪਿੱਛੇ) ਜੋਤੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ; ਜੋ ਵਿਸ਼੍ਵਤಃ (ਹਰ ਪਾਸੇ ਤੋਂ) ਜੋਤੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਜੋ ਸਰਵਤಃ (ਸਭ ਦਿਸ਼ਾਵਾਂ ਤੋਂ) ਜੋਤੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ—ਜਿਸ ਨਾਲ ਯਜ੍ਞ ਪ੍ਰਾਂਗ੍ (ਅੱਗੇ) ਤਾਣਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਤੇ ਅੱਗੇ ਵਧਾਇਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਸ ਬਾਰੇ ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪੁੱਛਦਾ ਹਾਂ: ਉਹ ਕਿਹੜੀ ਋ਚਾ (ਮੰਤ੍ਰ-ਪੰਕਤੀ) ਹੈ?

Word by Word

• या: she/that which
• या: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → या-

• पुरस्तात्: in front, from the east/fore
• पुरस्तात्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरस् (अव्ययीभाव/उपपद) → पुरस्तात्

• युज्यते: is yoked/joins/is applied
• युज्यते: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (युजँ समाधौ/योगे) धातु

• या: she/that which
• या: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् → या-

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

• पश्चात्: behind, from the west/aft
• पश्चात्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चा/पश्चात् (अव्यय) → पश्चात्

• या: she/that which
• या: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् → या-

• विश्वतः: from all sides, on every side
• विश्वतः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित-अव्यय) → विश्वतः

• युज्यते: is yoked/joins/is applied
• युज्यते: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् धातु

• या: she/that which
• या: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् → या-

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

• सर्वतः: from everywhere, on all sides
• सर्वतः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित-अव्यय) → सर्वतः

• यया: by which
• यया: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम) → यया

• यज्ञः: the sacrifice
• यज्ञः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राङ्: forward-facing, eastward
• प्राङ्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राञ्च्/प्राङ् (दिक्शब्द-प्रातिपदिक)

• तायते: stretches/extends (goes forth)
• तायते: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: तन् (तनुँ विस्तारे) धातु; वैदिक-प्रयोगः ‘तायते’

• ताम्: that (her)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) → ताम्

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम) → त्वा

• पृच्छामि: I ask
• पृच्छामि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ् (प्रच्छँ ज्ञीप्सायाम्/प्रश्ने) धातु

• कतमा: which (one)?, what (kind)?
• कतमा: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: कतम (प्रश्नवाचक-प्रातिपदिक)

• सा: she/that
• सा: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) → सा

• ऋचाम्: of the verses (ṛcs)
• ऋचाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋच्/ऋचा (प्रातिपदिक ‘ऋच्’ = ऋग्वेद-मन्त्र/ऋक्)

Attribution

Rishi: Skambha-speculative tradition (variable)

Devata: Ṛc/Chandas as personified ordering power; ultimately Skambha/Brahman

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (mixed)

Mantra Rasa

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