Mantra 22

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कृष्णं नियानं हरयः सुपर्णा अपो वसाना दिवमुत्पतन्ति । तं आववृत्रन्त्सदनादृतस्यादिद् घृतेन पृथिवीं व्यूऽदुः

IAST Transliteration

kṛṣṇáṃ niyā́naṃ háryaḥ supárṇā ápo vásānā dívam útpata nti | táṃ āvavṛtrán sádanād ṛtásyā́d íd ghṛténa pṛthivī́ṃ ví ūduḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The tawny, fair-winged powers, robed in waters, spring aloft to heaven. That black restraint they overcame from the seat of Order; then verily with ghee they opened and anointed the Earth.

Word by Word

कृष्णम्black/dark (one/thing)

नियानम्leading/guide; that which leads

हरयःthe tawny ones; (often) horses

सुपर्णाःhaving good wings; winged (ones)

अपःwaters

वसानाःwearing; clothed (in)

दिवम्heaven; the sky

उत्पतन्तिthey fly up; they rise

तम्him/that

आtowards; unto (as preverb)

आववृत्रन्they encompassed; they covered

सदनात्from the seat/dwelling

ऋतस्यof ṛta; of cosmic order/truth

आदित्then indeed; just then

घृतेनwith ghee; by clarified butter

पृथिवीम्the earth

व्यूऽदुःthey opened out; they spread apart

Attribution

Rishi: As for AV 9.10 (speculative Atharvanic tradition; anukramaṇī needed for precision)

Devata: Āpaḥ / Sūrya-like supárṇas; Ṛta as governing principle

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (needs metrical verification by syllable count)

Mantra Rasa

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