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

Er hielt die bebenden Berge und ihre Grate empor; der Himmel dröhnte, und er brachte die Räume der Mittelwelt in Aufruhr. In recht geordneten Schalen spreizt und stützt er alles auseinander: der Stier, nachdem er getrunken, verkündet in Rausch die Lobgesänge.

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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