Mantra 4

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऋक् साम यजुरुच्छिष्ट उद्गीथः प्रस्तुतं स्तुतम्। हिङ्कार उच्छिष्टे स्वरः साम्नो मेडिश्च तन्मयि

IAST Transliteration

ṛ́k sā́ma yájur ucchíṣṭa udgī́thaḥ prástutaṃ stutám | hiṅkārá ucchíṣṭe sváraḥ sāmnó meḍíś ca tán máyi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The Ṛc, the Sāman, the Yajus—within the Ucchiṣṭa are they; the Udgītha, the prelude that is chanted, the chant that is praised. The Hiṅkāra, within the Ucchiṣṭa, the tone of the Sāman, and its central stay—let that be in me.

Translation

਋ਕ, ਸਾਮ, ਯਜੁਸ—ਇਹ ਸਭ ਉੱਛਿਸ਼ਟ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੀ ਹਨ; ਉਦਗੀਥ, ਗਾਇਆ ਜਾਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਪ੍ਰਸਤੁਤ (ਪ੍ਰਸਤਾਵ) ਅਤੇ ਸਤੁਤ (ਸਤੁਤੀ-ਗਾਨ) ਵੀ। ਹਿਙਕਾਰ ਉੱਛਿਸ਼ਟ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੈ; ਸਾਮ ਦਾ ਸੁਰ ਅਤੇ ਉਸ ਦਾ ਮੱਧ-ਆਧਾਰ (ਮੇਢੀ)—ਇਹ ਸਭ ਮੇਰੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਟਿਕੇ ਰਹਿਣ।

Word by Word

• ऋक्: the Ṛg(-verse)
• ऋक्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋच् (प्रातिपदिक: ऋच्/ऋक्)

• साम: the Sāman (chant)
• साम: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यजुः: the Yajus (sacrificial formula)
• यजुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उच्छिष्टः: (is) the remainder / leavings
• उच्छिष्टः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, √शिष्/शेष् ‘शेषे’ से ‘अवशिष्ट’ अर्थ)

• उद्गीथः: the Udgītha (main chant)
• उद्गीथः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्गीथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रस्तुतम्: the prelude/that which is begun (the Prastāva)
• प्रस्तुतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रस्तुत (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, √स्तु ‘स्तुतौ’)

• स्तुतम्: the praised/recited (Stotra)
• स्तुतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तुत (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, √स्तु ‘स्तुतौ’)

• हिङ्कारः: the ‘hiṅ’ sound (Hiṅkāra)
• हिङ्कारः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिङ्कार (प्रातिपदिक; ध्वन्यनुकरण-शब्द)

• उच्छिष्टे: in/within the remainder (ucchiṣṭa)
• उच्छिष्टे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वरः: the tone/voice
• स्वरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर (प्रातिपदिक)

• साम्नः: of the Sāman
• साम्नः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• इडिः: Iḍi (a Vedic ritual/chant element; nourishing/invoking principle)
• इडिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इडि (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक पद, ‘इड्/इळा’ से सम्बद्ध—पोषक/आह्वान-तत्त्व)

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

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

• मयि: in me
• मयि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often treated as Brahmavādins of the AV; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata: Ucchiṣṭa (personified Residue) as cosmic support of Veda and sacrifice

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant cadence; mixed/expanded pādas possible in AV style)

Mantra Rasa

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