Mantra 11

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्राणो मृत्युः प्राणस्तक्मा प्राणं देवा उपासते । प्राणो ह सत्यवादिनमुत्तमे लोक आ दधत्

IAST Transliteration

prāṇó mṛtyúḥ prāṇás takmā́ prāṇáṃ devā́ upā́sate | prāṇó ha satyavādínaṃ uttamé loká ā́ dadhat ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Prāṇa is Death; Prāṇa is Takman-fever; Prāṇa the Gods themselves revere. Prāṇa, indeed, establisheth the truth-speaker in the highest world.

Translation

普拉那（Prāṇa）即死亡；普拉那即塔克曼热病（Takman）。诸天亦敬奉普拉那。普拉那确立那说真者，使之安置于至高世界。

Word by Word

• प्राणः: breath; vital force
• प्राणः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• मृत्युः: death
• मृत्युः: कर्तृ (समानााधिकरण-प्राणः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राणः: breath; vital force
• प्राणः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• तक्ष्मा: fever; wasting disease
• तक्ष्मा: कर्तृ (समानााधिकरण-प्राणः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तक्ष्मन्/तक्ष्मा (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्राणम्: breath; vital force (as object of worship)
• प्राणम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• उपासते: they worship; they attend upon
• उपासते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आस् (धातु)

• प्राणः: breath; vital force
• प्राणः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• हि: indeed; for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• सत्यवादिनम्: the truth-speaker; truthful person
• सत्यवादिनम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सत्यवादिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत्तमे: in the highest
• उत्तमे: अधिकरण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)

• लोके: world; realm
• लोके: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: unto; towards; in
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• दधत्: placing; establishing
• दधत्: —
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: धा (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Prāṇa (with Takman and Mṛtyu as subordinated powers)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

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