Mantra 38

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वेदाहं सूत्रं विततं यस्मिन्नोताः प्रजा इमाः । सूत्रं सूत्रस्याहं वेदाथो यद् ब्राह्मणं महत्

IAST Transliteration

védāháṃ sū́traṃ vitátaṃ yásminn ótāḥ prajā́ imā́ḥ | sū́traṃ sū́trasyāháṃ védā́tho yád brā́hmaṇaṃ mahát ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

I know the thread outstretched, wherein these creatures are inwoven. The thread, and the thread’s own secret, I know; yea, that which is the mighty Brahman.

Translation

ਮੈਂ ਉਹ ਵਿਸਤਾਰਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਸੂਤਰ ਜਾਣਦਾ ਹਾਂ, ਜਿਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਇਹ ਪ੍ਰਜਾਵਾਂ ਗੂੰਥੀਆਂ ਹੋਈਆਂ ਹਨ। ਸੂਤਰ ਨੂੰ ਅਤੇ ਸੂਤਰ ਦੇ ਗੁਹਜ ਭੇਦ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਮੈਂ ਜਾਣਦਾ ਹਾਂ; ਅਤੇ ਉਸ ਮਹਾਨ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ।

Word by Word

वेदI know

अहम्I

सूत्रम्the thread / cord

विततम्stretched out, extended

यस्मिन्in which

ओताःwoven in, interwoven

प्रजाःcreatures, offspring

इमाःthese

सूत्रम्the thread

सूत्रस्यof the thread

अहम्I

वेदknow

अथोand also / moreover

यत्that which

ब्राह्मणम्the Brahman / sacred formulation

महत्great

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with speculative Atharvanic seers (exact assignment varies by anukramaṇī traditions for AVŚ 10.8)

Devata: Brahman / Sūtra (cosmic principle); implicitly Prajāpati-order

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV; this verse is in anuṣṭubh-like cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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