Mantra 1

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ज्येष्ठब्रह्मवर्णनम्। १२ पुरोबृहती त्रिष्टुब्गर्भाऽऽर्षी पङ्क्तिः, १५, २७ भुरिग्बृहती, २२ पुर उष्णिक्, यो भूतं च भव्यं च सर्वं यश्चाधितिष्ठति । स्व१र्यस्य च केवलं तस्मै ज्येष्ठाय ब्रह्मणे नमः

IAST Transliteration

yó bhūtáṃ ca bhávyam ca sárvaṃ yáś cādhitíṣṭhati | svàr yásya ca kévalaṃ tásmai jyéṣṭhāya bráhmaṇe námaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Who ruleth over all—what hath been and what shall be—and whose alone is heaven: to that pre-eminent Brahman be reverent homage.

Translation

ผู้ทรงปกครองสิ่งทั้งปวง—ทั้งที่เป็นมาแล้วและที่จะเป็นไป—และสวรรค์เป็นของพระองค์แต่ผู้เดียว: ขอนอบน้อม (namas) แด่พรหมัน (Brahman) ผู้ประเสริฐยิ่งนั้น.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• भूतम्: the past; what has been
• भूतम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (past/being) / Kṛdanta
• Root: भू (धातु) → भूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त) अथवा भूत (नाम)

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

• भव्यम्: the future; what will be
• भव्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective (future) / Kṛdanta
• Root: भू (धातु) → भव्यम् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, यत्/भविष्यत्-अर्थे) अथवा भव्यम् (विशेषण)

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

• सर्वम्: all (everything)
• सर्वम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• अधितिष्ठति: presides over; stands over; rules
• अधितिष्ठति: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-स्था (धातु √स्था)

• स्वः: heaven; the celestial world
• स्वः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्/स्वः (नाम-प्रातिपदिक; द्युलोकः)

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• केवलम्: alone; exclusively
• केवलम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: केवल (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ज्येष्ठाय: to the eldest; to the most excellent
• ज्येष्ठाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्येष्ठ (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मणे: to Brahman; to the sacred power/Absolute
• ब्रह्मणे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (नाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नमः: obeisance; salutation
• नमः: —
• Type: Noun (indeclinable-like in usage)
• Root: नमस् (नाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally attributed within the Skambha/Brahman cycle (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Jyeṣṭha Brahman (Supreme Brahman).

Chandas: Triṣṭubh tendency (but Atharvanic meters here are sometimes catalogued variably).

Mantra Rasa

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