Mantra 5

Sukta 15

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उदीरयत मरुतः समुद्रतस्त्वेषो अर्को नभ उत् पातयाथ । महऋषभस्य नदतो नभस्वतो वाश्रा आपः पृथिवीं तर्पयन्तु

IAST Transliteration

udī́rayata marutaḥ samudrátas tvéṣo arkó nábho út pātayātha | mahā́-ṛṣabhásya nádato nábhasvato vāśrā́ ā́paḥ pṛthivī́m tarpayantu ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Stir ye up, O Maruts, from the ocean; hurl down from the cloud the vehement flash. Let the bellowing waters of the great bull, roaring, cloud-laden, refresh and satiate the Earth.

Word by Word

उदीरयतlet (them) raise/stir up

मरुतःthe Maruts (storm-gods/winds)

समुद्रतःfrom the ocean

त्वेषःfiery, impetuous

अर्कःray/chant; (here) a blazing ray

नभःthe sky/firmament

उत्up, forth

पातयाथyou two cause to fly/drive up

महा-ऋषभस्यof the great bull

नदतःof (him) roaring

नभस्वतःof the cloud-bearing/sky-possessing one

वाश्राःbellowing/roaring

आपःwaters

पृथिवीम्the earth

तर्पयन्तुlet (them) satisfy/refresh

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (rain-invocation complex)

Devata: Maruts; Parjanya/thunder-cloud implied as ‘great bull’

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (Atharvanic mixed meters occur)

Mantra Rasa

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