Mantra 5

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तमृतं च सत्यं च सूर्यश्च चन्द्रश्च नक्षत्राणि चानुव्यचलन्

IAST Transliteration

tám ṛtáṃ ca satyáṃ ca sū́ryaś ca candráś ca nákṣatrāṇi cā́nu vyàcalan

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

After him moved Ṛta and Satya; the Sun and the Moon, and the constellations, followed on.

Translation

Sau Ngài, ṛta (trật tự vũ trụ) và satya (chân thật) chuyển động theo; Mặt Trời và Mặt Trăng, cùng các tinh tú, cũng nối bước theo sau.

Word by Word

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

• ऋतम्: cosmic order; rightness
• ऋतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• सूर्यः: the Sun
• सूर्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• चन्द्रः: the Moon
• चन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• नक्षत्राणि: the stars/constellations
• नक्षत्राणि: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नक्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• अनुव्यचलन्: they moved/followed along
• अनुव्यचलन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यचल् (धातु) + अनु- (उपसर्ग)

Attribution

Rishi: As in AV 15.6 complex (variable anukramaṇī attribution)

Devata: Ṛta, Satya, Sūrya, Candra, Nakṣatras

Chandas: Prose-like liturgical narrative (Atharvanic)

Mantra Rasa

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