Shloka 4
हिरण्यपुरवर्णनम्
Description of Hiraṇyapura and the Nivātakavacas
अत्रामृतं सुरै: पीत्वा निहित॑ निहतारिभि: । अत: सोमस्य हानिश्च वृद्धिश्वैव प्रदृश्यते
atrāmṛtaṃ suraiḥ pītvā nihitaṃ nihatāribhiḥ | ataḥ somasya hāniś ca vṛddhiś caiva pradṛśyate ||
এখানেই দেবতারা শত্রুদের বিনাশ করে অমৃত পান করেছিলেন এবং অবশিষ্ট অংশ এই স্থানে রেখে দিয়েছিলেন। তাই সোমে ক্ষয় ও বৃদ্ধি—উদয়-অস্ত, শুক্ল- কৃষ্ণ—উভয়ই দেখা যায়।
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse offers an etiological explanation for a cosmic rhythm: Soma’s waxing and waning is linked to a divine act and its residue, suggesting that observable natural cycles are grounded in a moral-mythic order shaped by the deeds of higher beings.
Nārada explains that the gods, after defeating their enemies, drank amṛta and left the remaining portion at that spot; this leftover is presented as the reason Soma is seen to diminish and increase over time.