Mantra 13

Sukta 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अग्नौ सूर्ये चन्द्रमसि मातरिश्वन् ब्रह्मचार्य१प्सु समिधमा दधाति । तासामर्चींषि पृथगभ्रे चरन्ति तासामाज्यं पुरुषो वर्षमापः

IAST Transliteration

agnáu sū́rye candrámasi mātáriśvan brahmacā́ry apsú samídham ā́ dadhāti | tāsā́m arcī́ṃṣi pṛ́thag abhré caranti tāsā́m ā́jyaṃ púruṣo varṣám ā́paḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

In Agni, in the Sun, in the Moon, O Mātariśvan, the Brahmacārin sets fuel within the waters. Their flames move each in its own wise, coursing in the cloud; of them the ghee is the Person, the rain the Waters.

Translation

في أَغني، وفي سُوريا، وفي تشاندرا، يا مَاتَريشْفان، يضعُ البْرَهْمَتشَارِين حطبَ الإيقاد (سَمِدْه) في المياه. ألسنةُ لهبِها تسيرُ كلٌّ على نهجِه، تجري في السحاب؛ ومن بينها السَّمْنُ المُصفّى (آجْيَه) هو «البوروشا»، والمطرُ هو «المياه» (آبَه).

Word by Word

अग्नौin/into Agni (fire)

सूर्येin/into the Sun

चand

चन्द्रमसिin/into the Moon

मातरिश्वन्O Mātariśvan (Vāyu/Agni-messenger)

ब्रह्मचार्यःthe brahmacārin (religious student)

अप्सुin the waters

समिधम्fuel-stick, kindling

आtowards; in (as preverb)

दधातिplaces, puts

तासाम्of those (waters)

अर्चींषिflames, rays

पृथक्separately, apart

अभ्रेin the cloud

चरन्तिmove, roam

तासाम्of those (waters)

आज्यम्ghee, clarified butter

पुरुषःthe Person (Puruṣa)

वर्षम्rain

आपःthe waters

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (brahmacārin hymn-cycle)

Devata: Agni–Sūrya–Candra–Mātariśvan; Waters/Cloud (complex devatā cluster)

Chandas: Mixed/irregular (speculative bandhu style)

Mantra Rasa

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