Mantra 5

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

बृहच्च रथंतरं चानूच्ये३ आस्तां यज्ञायज्ञियं च वामदेव्यं च तिरश्च्ये

IAST Transliteration

bṛhác ca rathantarám cānū́cye ā́stām yajñāyajñíyaṃ ca vāmadevyáṃ ca tiraścýe

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Bṛhat and Rathantara stood in the lengthwise line; Yajñāyajñiya and Vāmadevya stood in the crosswise.

Translation

బృహత్ మరియు రథంతర అనుదైర్ఘ్య (పొడవు) వరుసలో స్థితమయ్యాయి; యజ్ఞాయజ్ఞియ మరియు వామదేవ్య తిర్యక్ (అడ్డ) వరుసలో స్థితమయ్యాయి.

Word by Word

• बृहत्: the Bṛhat (Sāman), the ‘great’ chant
• बृहत्: Kartā (with आस्ताम्)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: बृहत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘महान्/विस्तीर्ण’)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• रथन्तरम्: the Rathantara (Sāman)
• रथन्तरम्: Kartā (with आस्ताम्)
• Type: Noun (proper/technical)
• Root: रथन्तर (प्रातिपदिक; सामविशेष)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• अनूच्ये: to be recited/intoned after (as an after-chant); fit for after-recitation
• अनूच्ये: Kartā (predicate with आस्ताम्)
• Type: Adjective (dual predicate)
• Root: अनूच्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अनु-उच्’ से ‘अनुगान/अनुपाठ्य’)

• आस्ताम्: let the two be / may the two stand (be present)
• आस्ताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आस् (आसँ उपवेशने/स्थितौ)

• यज्ञाय: for the sacrifice
• यज्ञाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञियम्: sacrificial; worthy of the sacrifice
• यज्ञियम्: Kartā (with आस्ताम्; coordinated) / predicate-qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञिय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘यज्ञ-योग्य/यज्ञ-संबद्ध’)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• वामदेव्यम्: the Vāmadevyam (Sāman/chant)
• वामदेव्यम्: Kartā (with आस्ताम्; coordinated) / predicate-qualifier
• Type: Noun (proper/technical)
• Root: वामदेव्य (प्रातिपदिक; सामविशेष/स्तोत्रविशेष)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• तिरश्च्ये: (as) ‘crosswise/oblique’ (chants); fit for the tiras-style recitation
• तिरश्च्ये: Kartā (predicate with आस्ताम्)
• Type: Adjective (dual predicate)
• Root: तिरश्च्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘तिर्यक्/तिरस्’ से ‘आड्य/तिर्यक्-गान’)

Attribution

Rishi: Speculative Atharvanic tradition (Vrātya/cosmological stratum; r̥ṣi varies by ancillary lists).

Devata: Sāman (chant) as power; implicitly Brahman (sacred utterance).

Chandas: Non-strict/heterometric; bandhu-prose tendency.

Mantra Rasa

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