Mantra 3

Sukta 88

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

बृहस्पते या परमा परावदत आ त ऋतस्पृशो नि षेदुः । तुभ्यं खाता अवता अद्रिदुग्धा मध्व श्चोतन्त्यभितो विरप्शम्

IAST Transliteration

bृहáspate yā́ paramā́ parāváta áta ā́ te ṛtaspṛ́śo ní ṣéduḥ | túbhyaṃ khātā́ avatā́ adrídugdhā́ mádhvaḥ ścotanty abhíto virapśám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Br̥haspati, those (streams) which from the highest far region have come hither unto thee—touching Order—have taken their seat. For thee, dug out, well-provided, pressed by the stone, they drip with sweetness round about the wide-working One.

Word by Word

बृहस्पतेO Bṛhaspati

याwhich (she)

परमाhighest, supreme

परावत्from afar; in the far distance

अतःfrom there; thence

आhither; towards (as preverb)

तेof you; your

ऋतस्पृशःthe truth-touching ones; those who reach the ṛta

निdown; in (as preverb)

षेदुःsat down; took their seat

तुभ्यम्to you

खाताःdug; excavated

अवताःwells; pits (dug places)

अद्रिदुग्धाःmilk-yielding from the stone/rock; rock-milked

मधुhoney; sweetness

श्चोतन्तिthey drip; they trickle

अभितःaround; on all sides

विरप्शम्Virapśa (name/epithet); the wide-formed one

Attribution

Rishi: Bṛhaspati/Angiras-tradition (RV-derived)

Devata: Bṛhaspati

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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