Mantra 21

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यस्य देवा अकल्पन्तोच्छिष्टे षडशीतयः

IAST Transliteration

yásya devā́ akálpanto ’cchíṣṭe ṣáḍ-aśī-táyaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whose—in the Remnant—were the Gods disposed in order, even the Six-and-Eighty in their full tale.

Translation

其“余食”（Ucchiṣṭa）之中，诸神各得其位而安立；连那“八十六位”（六与八十）也悉数具足。

Word by Word

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अकल्पन्त: became fit/were arranged/attained (fitness)
• अकल्पन्त: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कॢप् (कॢप्/कल्प्) ‘समर्थ/उचित/सिद्ध होना, व्यवस्थित होना’

• उच्छिष्टे: in/at the remainder (leavings)
• उच्छिष्टे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun (locative) / Adjectival substantive
• Root: उच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; ‘शेष/अवशिष्ट/भोजन-शेष’)

• षडशीतेयः: the eighty-six (groups/ones)
• षडशीतेयः: कर्तृ (देवाः के?—षडशीतेयः) / विशेषण-भाव
• Type: Noun (numeral-group)
• Root: षडशीति (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक; 86) + य (तद्धित-प्रत्यय, समूह/गणवाचक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Ucchiṣṭa/Anna as divine seat; ‘the gods’ as indwelling powers

Chandas: Irregular; Atharvanic prose-like metricality

Mantra Rasa

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