Mantra 28
Sukta 4
द्रप्सश्चस्कन्द पृथिवीमनु द्यामिमं च योनिमनु यश्च पूर्वः । समानं योनिमनु संचरन्तं द्रप्सं जुहोम्यनु सप्त होत्राः
drapsáś caskanda pṛthivī́m ánu dyā́m imáṃ ca yóniṃ ánu yáś ca pū́rvaḥ | samānáṃ yóniṃ ánu saṃcárantaṃ drapsáṃ juhómy ánu saptá hótrāḥ |
The Drop hath streamed—along the Earth, along Heaven, along this womb, and that which is the former. The Drop that moves along the self-same womb, in ordered course—this Drop I offer, following the Seven Hotṛ-calls.
لقد انسكبتِ القَطرةُ—على امتدادِ الأرض، وعلى امتدادِ السماء، وعلى امتدادِ هذا الرَّحِم، وذاك الذي هو الأوّل. القَطرةُ التي تسيرُ على الرَّحِمِ نفسه، في مسارٍ مُنتظم—هذه القَطرةَ أُقَرِّبُها قربانًا، متّبعًا نداءاتِ الهوتْر (Hotṛ) السبع.
Rishi: Hymn-level funerary seer attribution per anukramaṇī (Atharvanic tradition).
Devata: Drapsa as sacralized oblation; implicitly Agni (recipient) and cosmic stations (Dyāvāpṛthivī).
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence is plausible; exact metrical classification requires full pada scansion by edition.
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