Mantra 22

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कृष्णं नियानं हरयः सुपर्णा अपो वसाना दिवमुत्पतन्ति । तं आववृत्रन्त्सदनादृतस्यादिद् घृतेन पृथिवीं व्यूऽदुः

IAST Transliteration

kṛṣṇáṃ niyā́naṃ háryaḥ supárṇā ápo vásānā dívam útpata nti | táṃ āvavṛtrán sádanād ṛtásyā́d íd ghṛténa pṛthivī́ṃ ví ūduḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The tawny, fair-winged powers, robed in waters, spring aloft to heaven. That black restraint they overcame from the seat of Order; then verily with ghee they opened and anointed the Earth.

Translation

إنَّ القوى السمراءَ المائلةَ إلى الذهبيّة، ذواتِ الأجنحةِ الحسنة، المتلفِّعاتِ بالمياه، تنطلقُ صاعدةً إلى السماء. ذلك القيدَ الأسودَ غلبنه من مقامِ ṛta؛ ثم حقًّا بالسمنِ المصفّى (ghṛta) فتحنَ الأرضَ ومسحنَها.

Word by Word

कृष्णम्black/dark (one/thing)

नियानम्leading/guide; that which leads

हरयःthe tawny ones; (often) horses

सुपर्णाःhaving good wings; winged (ones)

अपःwaters

वसानाःwearing; clothed (in)

दिवम्heaven; the sky

उत्पतन्तिthey fly up; they rise

तम्him/that

आtowards; unto (as preverb)

आववृत्रन्they encompassed; they covered

सदनात्from the seat/dwelling

ऋतस्यof ṛta; of cosmic order/truth

आदित्then indeed; just then

घृतेनwith ghee; by clarified butter

पृथिवीम्the earth

व्यूऽदुःthey opened out; they spread apart

Attribution

Rishi: As for AV 9.10 (speculative Atharvanic tradition; anukramaṇī needed for precision)

Devata: Āpaḥ / Sūrya-like supárṇas; Ṛta as governing principle

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (needs metrical verification by syllable count)

Mantra Rasa

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