Mantra 3

Sukta 36

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अग्निः परेषु धामसु कामो भूतस्य भव्यस्य । सम्राडेको वि राजति

IAST Transliteration

agníḥ paréṣu dhā́masu kā́mo bhūtásya bhávyasya | samrā́ḍ éko ví rājati

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Agni, in the farther abodes, and Kāma of what is and what shall be—one universal Sovereign—shineth forth in kingly splendour.

Translation

ਅਗਨੀ ਦੂਰਲੇ ਧਾਮਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੈ; ਅਤੇ ਜੋ ਹੋਇਆ ਹੈ ਤੇ ਜੋ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ ਉਸ ਦਾ ‘ਕਾਮ’ (ਇੱਛਾ-ਸ਼ਕਤੀ/ਕਾਮਦੇਵ) ਹੈ। ਇਕੋ ਸਰਵ-ਸਮਰਾਟ ਵਾਂਗ ਰਾਜਸੀ ਤੇਜ ਨਾਲ ਚਮਕਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• अग्निः: Agni (fire-god)
• अग्निः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• परेषु: among/within the further (ones); in the other/remote
• परेषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: पर- (प्रातिपदिक)

• धामसु: in the abodes/dwellings
• धामसु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: धामन्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• कामः: desire; Kāma
• कामः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम- (प्रातिपदिक)

• भूतस्य: of what has been; of the past/being
• भूतस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: भूत- (कृदन्त; √भू + क्त)

• भव्यस्य: of what will be; of the future
• भव्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: भव्य- (कृदन्त/विशेषण; √भू → भव्‍य ‘to be, future’)

• सम्राट्: sovereign; universal ruler
• सम्राट्: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्राज्/सम्राट्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• एकः: one; single
• एकः: कर्तृ (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक- (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart; forth; widely (intensifying prefix)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• राजति: shines; reigns; is resplendent
• राजति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √राज् (दीप्तौ/शोभायाम्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Agni and Kāma (conflated sovereignty)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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