Mantra 3

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दृढो दृंहस्थिरो न्यो ब्रह्म विश्वसृजो दश । नाभिमिव सर्वतश्चक्रमुच्छिष्टे देवताः श्रिताः

IAST Transliteration

dṛḍhó dṛṃhá sthiró nyò bráhma viśvasṛ́jo dáśa | nā́bhim iva sárvataś cakrám ucchíṣṭe devátāḥ śritā́ḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Firm, strengthening, stable, well-grounded is the Brahman—(with) the ten world-creators. Like a wheel on every side about its navel, in the Remnant the deities rest supported.

Translation

ਦ੍ਰਿੜ੍ਹ, ਦ੍ਰੰਹਕ (ਬਲ ਵਧਾਉਣ ਵਾਲਾ), ਸਥਿਰ, ਸੁ-ਸਥਾਪਿਤ ਹੈ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ—ਦਸ ਵਿਸ਼੍ਵਸ੍ਰਿਜਾਂ ਨਾਲ। ਨਾਭੀ ਦੇ ਆਲੇ-ਦੁਆਲੇ ਹਰ ਪਾਸੇ ਚੱਕਰ ਵਾਂਗ, ਉੱਛਿਸ਼ਟ ਵਿੱਚ ਦੇਵਤੇ ਆਸਰਾ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਟਿਕੇ ਹਨ।

Word by Word

• दृढः: firm, strong
• दृढः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण कर्तृपदस्य) / Adhikaraṇa (वर्णनात्मक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृढ (प्रातिपदिक) < √दृंह् (दृंहते ‘दृढीकरोति/बलयति’)

• दृंहः: strengthening, robust
• दृंहः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण) / Adhikaraṇa (वर्णनात्मक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृंह (प्रातिपदिक) < √दृंह्

• स्थिरः: steady, stable
• स्थिरः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण) / Adhikaraṇa (वर्णनात्मक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थिर (प्रातिपदिक)

• न्यः: set down/placed within; low-lying (epithet)
• न्यः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण) / Adhikaraṇa (वर्णनात्मक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: न्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘नीच/अधः/अन्तःस्थित’ इत्यर्थे) अथवा ‘न्य’ इति वैदिक-विशेषण

• ब्रह्म: sacred power; holy utterance; Brahman
• ब्रह्म: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वसृजः: creator of all; world-creating
• विश्वसृजः: Kartā (ब्रह्मणः विशेषणम्)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: विश्वसृज् (प्रातिपदिक; विश्व + √सृज् ‘सृजति’)

• दश: ten
• दश: Adhikaraṇa (गणनात्मक-विशेषण) / Kartā-विशेषण
• Type: Numeral (Adjective)
• Root: दशन्/दश (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)

• नाभिम्: navel; hub
• नाभिम्: Upamāna (उपमान-रूपेण) / Karma (इव-योगे उपमेयस्य तुलनार्थम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाभि (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: (उपमा-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• सर्वतः: from all sides; everywhere
• सर्वतः: Adhikaraṇa (देश/दिशा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (सर्व + तस्)

• चक्रम्: wheel; circle
• चक्रम्: Karma (उपमेय/उपमान-रचना में ‘नाभिमिव … चक्रम्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• उच्छिष्टे: in the remainder; in the leavings (ucchiṣṭa)
• उच्छिष्टे: Adhikaraṇa (आश्रय/स्थान) — ‘उच्छिष्टे … श्रिताः’
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: उच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवताः: deities, divine powers
• देवताः: Kartā (श्रिताः इत्यस्य कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रिताः: resting on; resorted to; supported
• श्रिताः: (क्रियापद-समतुल्य) — ‘resting/depending’
• Type: Verb (Participial) / Adjective
• Root: √श्रि (श्रयति) → श्रित (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Ucchiṣṭa/Brahman as foundational support; ‘all deities’ as dependents

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)

Mantra Rasa

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