Sukta 5
स्वापनम्। स॒हस्र॑शृङ्गो वृष॒भो यः स॑मु॒द्रादु॒दाच॑रत्। तेना॑ सह॒स्येऽना व॒यं नि जना॑न्त्स्वापयामसि
svā́panam | sahásraśṛṅgo vṛṣabhó yáḥ samudrā́d udā́carat | ténā sahasyé ’nā vayáṃ ní jánān svāpayāmasi ||
Sleep— the thousand-horned Bull who from the ocean hath come forth: with that, O mighty one, do we, without fail, cause the folk to sink down into slumber.
النَّوْمُ—الثَّوْرُ ذو الأَلْفِ قَرْنٍ الَّذي خَرَجَ مِنَ المُحِيطِ: بِهِ، يا جَبَّارُ، نُسْقِطُ القَوْمَ لا مَحَالَةَ في سُباتٍ عَميقٍ.
Rishi: Atharvan/Āṅgirasa
Devata: Svāpana (Sleep) / coercive bull-like power
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Primary: bhayankara
Secondary: raudra
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