Mantra 8

Sukta 94

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

गिरींरज्रान् रेजमानां अधारयद् द्यौः क्रन्ददन्तरिक्षाणि कोपयत्। समीचीने धिषणे वि ष्कभायति वृष्णः पीत्वा मद उक्थानि शंसति

IAST Transliteration

girī́ṃ rājrā́n réjamānāṃ adhārayad dyáuḥ krandad antárikṣāṇi kopayat | samīcīné dhiṣáṇe ví skabhāyati vṛ́ṣṇaḥ pītvā́ máda ukthā́ni śaṃsati

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He held aloft the trembling mountains and their ridges; Heaven roared, and he set the mid-air regions in commotion. In due-ordered bowls he braces all apart: the Bull, when he hath drunk, in rapture chants the hymns of praise.

Translation

رَفَعَ الجِبَالَ المُرْتَجِفَةَ وَحُدُودَهَا العَالِيَةَ؛ فَزَأَرَتِ السَّمَاءُ، وَأَثَارَ أَقَالِيمَ الفَضَاءِ الوَسَطِ (antarikṣa) اضْطِرَابًا. فِي الأَوْعِيَةِ المُنْتَظِمَةِ (dhiṣaṇe) يُثَبِّتُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَيُفَرِّقُهُ: الثَّوْرُ (Vṛṣan)، لَمَّا شَرِبَ، يُنْشِدُ فِي النَّشْوَةِ أَنَاشِيدَ المَدْحِ (ukthāni).

Word by Word

गिरीम्mountain (as object)

रज्रान्(the) ridges/peaks (rājra-)

रेजमानाम्shaking, trembling

अधारयत्held up, supported

द्यौःthe sky

क्रन्दत्roared, cried out

अन्तरिक्षाणिthe mid-regions, atmospheres

कोपयत्angered, stirred up

समीचीनेin the fitting/right (place), properly directed

धिषणेin the seat of inspiration/insight (dhīṣaṇā)

विapart, forth (intensifier with verb)

ष्कभायतिprops up, braces, supports

वृष्णःof the bull/strong one (hero)

पीत्वाhaving drunk

मदःintoxication, exhilaration

उक्थानिhymns of praise (ukthas)

शंसतिrecites/praises, proclaims

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic source-stanza (AV 20 borrowing)

Devata: Indra (vṛṣan, Soma-drinker)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-type

Mantra Rasa

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