Mantra 13

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नव भूमीः समुद्रा उच्छिष्टेऽअधि श्रिता दिवः । आ सूर्यो भात्युच्छिष्टेऽहोरात्रे अपि तन्मयि

IAST Transliteration

náva bhū́mīḥ samudrā́ ucchíṣṭe ’dhí śritā́ diváḥ | ā́ sū́ryo bhā́ty ucchíṣṭe ’horātré ápi tánmayi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Nine earths and oceans, of heaven, rest thereon in Ucchiṣṭa; the Sun shines forth in Ucchiṣṭa—day and night also are of that very substance.

Translation

九重大地与诸海，连同天界，都依止于乌च्छिष्ट（Ucchiṣṭa）之上。太阳亦在乌च्छिष्ट中放光；昼与夜也同属那一体性。

Word by Word

• नव: nine
• नव: Karma (भूमीः इत्यस्य विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective (Numeral)
• Root: नव (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• भूमीः: earths/regions (the nine earths)
• भूमीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)

• समुद्राः: oceans
• समुद्राः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• उच्छिष्टे: in/within the Ucchiṣṭa (the Residue/Remnant as a cosmic principle)
• उच्छिष्टे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective (locative used substantively)
• Root: उच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण, √शिष्/शेष् ‘अवशेषे’ इत्यर्थे ‘अवशिष्ट’)

• अधि: upon, over
• अधि: Adhikaraṇa (उपरि/अधिष्ठाने सूचकः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• श्रिताः: resting/placed (supported)
• श्रिताः: Kartā (समुद्राः—‘श्रिताः’ इति)
• Type: Verb-derived adjective/Participle
• Root: √श्रि (श्रयति) + क्त (श्रित)

• दिवः: of heaven/sky
• दिवः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: forth, towards (intensively)
• आ: (क्रियाविशेषण-भावः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

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

• भाति: shines
• भाति: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भा (भाति)

• उच्छिष्टे: in the Ucchiṣṭa
• उच्छिष्टे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective (locative used substantively)
• Root: उच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)

• अहोरा॒त्रे: day and night
• अहोरा॒त्रे: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहोरात्र (प्रातिपदिक; अहन् + रात्रि समासः)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: (समुच्चय/अपि-भावः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)

• तत्: that (all that)
• तत्: Kartā/Theme (मयि इत्यत्र समासङ्गः—‘that (all) … in me’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मयि: in me
• मयि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous

Devata: Ucchiṣṭa (with Sūrya as manifest correlate)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like, cosmological

Mantra Rasa

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