Mantra 2

Sukta 15

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

समीक्षयन्तु तविषाः सुदानवो ऽपां रसा ओषधीभिः सचन्ताम्। वर्षस्य सर्गा महयन्तु भूमिं पृथग् जायन्तामोषधयो विश्वरूपाः

IAST Transliteration

samī́kṣayantu tavíṣāḥ sudā́navo ’pā́ṃ rasā́ óṣadhībhiḥ sacantām | varṣásya sárgā mahayantu bhū́miṃ pr̥thák jāyantām óṣadhayo viśvárūpāḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let the mighty bountiful powers work in concert; let the essences of the waters unite with the herbs. Let the outpourings of rain make the earth great; let the herbs be born, each apart, of manifold forms.

Word by Word

समीक्षयन्तुlet (them) look together / examine

तविषाःpowers, energies

सुदानवःgood-givers, beneficent ones

अपाम्of waters

रसाःjuices, sap-essences

ओषधीभिःwith herbs

सचन्ताम्let (them) unite / associate

वर्षस्यof rain

सर्गाःoutpourings, streams (of rain)

महयन्तुlet (them) magnify / make great

भूमिम्the earth

पृथक्separately, distinctly

जायन्ताम्let (them) be born / arise

ओषधयःherbs

विश्व-रूपाःof all forms, multiform

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer-tradition (specific attribution depends on anukramaṇī)

Devata: Varṣa (Rain), Āpaḥ (Waters), Oṣadhayaḥ (Herbs)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (Atharvanic transmission may be slightly irregular)

Mantra Rasa

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