Mantra 14

Sukta 132

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

हिरण्य इत्येके अब्रवीत्

IAST Transliteration

hiraṇyá íty éke abravīt

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

‘Golden,’ thus some have declared (it).

Word by Word

• हिरण्यः: Hiraṇya (a person named ‘Hiraṇya’); the speaker
• हिरण्यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• इति: thus; ‘so’ (quotative marker)
• इति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)

• एके: some (people)
• एके: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)

• अब्रवीत्: said; spoke
• अब्रवीत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Uncertain from excerpt alone.

Devata: Hiraṇya (as name/epithet within the charm); functionally tied to uṣṭra-name series.

Chandas: Uncertain from excerpt alone.

Mantra Rasa

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