Mantra 25
Sukta 5
चक्षुः श्रोत्रं यशो अस्मासु धेह्यन्नं रेतो लोहितमुदरम्।२५॥ तानि कल्पद् ब्रह्मचारी सलिलस्य पृष्ठे तपोऽतिष्ठत् तप्यमानः समुद्रे। स स्नातो बभ्रुः पिङ्गलः पृथिव्यां बहु रोचते
cákṣuḥ śrótraṃ yáśo asmā́su dhehy ánnaṃ réto lóhitam udáram | tā́ni kálpad brahmacārī salilásya pṛṣṭhé tápo ’tiṣṭhat tápyamānaḥ samudré | sá snātó babhrúḥ piṅgaláḥ pṛthivyā́ṃ bahú rócate
Bestow on us eye and ear, and glory; food, seed, blood, and the belly. These did the Brahmacārin duly fashion: on the back of the waters he took his stand in heat, heating himself in the sea. Bathed, brown, tawny, on the earth he shineth forth full greatly.
هَبْ لنا العينَ والأذنَ والمجدَ؛ والطعامَ، والبذرةَ، والدمَ، والبطنَ. هذه كلَّها رتَّبها البَرَهْمَتشارين على وجهها: على ظهرِ المياهِ قامَ في التَّبَس (حرارة الزهد)، مُسخِّنًا نفسَه في البحر. ثم اغتسل؛ أسمرَ، مائلًا إلى الصفرة، وعلى الأرض يسطعُ سطوعًا عظيمًا.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Brahmacārin / Tapas / Waters (cosmogonic powers)
Chandas: Mixed (opening anuṣṭubh-like petition + longer narrative cadence); confirm by metrical scan
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