Mantra 12

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यस्मिन् भूमिरन्तरिक्षं द्यौर्यस्मिन्नध्याहिता । यत्राग्निश्चन्द्रमाः सूर्यो वातस्तिष्ठन्त्यार्पिताः स्कम्भं तं ब्रूहि कतमः स्विदेव सः

IAST Transliteration

yásmin bhū́mir antárikṣaṃ dyáur yásminn ádhyāhitā | yátrāgníś candrámā́ḥ sū́ryo vā́tas tíṣṭhanty ā́rpitāḥ skámbhaṃ táṃ brūhi katamáḥ svìd evá sáḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

In whom are Earth, mid-air, and Heaven laid down as on a base; wherein stand Fire, Moon, Sun, and Wind, made fast in their appointed place—declare thou that Skambha: what manner of One, in very truth, is He?

Word by Word

यस्मिन्in which

भूमिःthe earth

अन्तरिक्षम्the midspace/atmosphere

द्यौःthe sky

यस्मिन्in which

अध्याहिताःare placed/laid upon

यत्रwhere

अग्निःAgni (fire)

चन्द्रमाःthe Moon

सूर्यःthe Sun

वातःthe Wind

तिष्ठन्तिstand/abide

आर्पिताःare fixed/fastened (set in place)

स्कम्भम्the Support/Pillar (Skambha)

तम्that (one)

ब्रूहिtell/speak

कतमःwhich one?/what kind (of one)

स्वित्indeed?/pray (interrogative emphasis)

एवjust/indeed

सःhe/that (is)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic/Angirasa seers (Skambha-hymn complex; specific attribution varies in ancillary lists)

Devata: Skambha (cosmic Support; brahman-like absolute)

Chandas: Mixed; predominantly Anuṣṭubh-like cadence with Atharvanic expansions (edition-dependent)

Mantra Rasa

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