Mantra 1

Sukta 16

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उदप्रुतो न वयो रक्षमाणा वावदतो अभ्रियस्येव घोषाः । गिरिभ्रजो नोर्मयो मदन्तो बृहस्पतिमभ्य१र्का अनावन्

IAST Transliteration

udaprúto ná váyo rákṣamāṇā vāvádataḥ abhríyasyeva ghóṣāḥ | giribhrájo nórmayo mádanto bṛ́haspátim abhí arkā́ anāvan

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Like birds uplifted, guarding us, our sounds ring out—like the cloud’s own roaring. Like mountain-flashes, our waves of hymn, exulting, have pressed on toward Bṛhaspati with chants of light.

Translation

ઉપર ઉડતાં પક્ષીઓ જેમ રક્ષા કરતાં હોય તેમ, અમારા નાદ ગુંજે છે—વાદળના ગર્જન સમાન. પર્વતની વીજળી જેવી, આનંદિત અમારા સ્તુતિ-તરંગો પ્રકાશમય ગાન સાથે બૃહસ્પતિ તરફ ધસી ગયા.

Word by Word

उदप्रुतःrising up / welling up (as if surging)

नlike, as

वयःa bird (lit. ‘winged creature’)

रक्षमाणाःprotecting, guarding

वावदतःcalling out, sounding repeatedly

अभ्रियस्यof the cloud

इवas, like

घोषाःroars, sounds

गिरिभ्रजःmountain-flashes (lightnings on/among mountains)

नःfor us / of us

ऊर्मयःwaves, surges

मदन्तःrejoicing, exulting

बृहस्पतिम्Bṛhaspati

अभिtowards, unto

अर्काःhymns, praises

अनावन्they praised / they uttered (hymns)

Attribution

Rishi: RV-tradition seer(s) underlying AV 20; not determinable from excerpt alone

Devata: Bṛhaspati

Chandas: Jagatī/Triṣṭubh-family RV meter (requires verification)

Mantra Rasa

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