Mantra 31
Sukta 7
नाम नाम्ना जोहवीति पुरा सूर्यात् पुरोषसः । यदजः प्रथमं संबभूव स ह तत् स्वराज्यमियाय यस्मान्नान्यत् परमस्ति भूतम्
nā́ma nā́mnā johavīti purā́ sū́ryā́t puróṣásaḥ | yád ajáḥ prathamáṁ sámbabhū́va sá há tát svarā́jyam iyāya yásmān nā́nyat paráṁ ásti bhūtám ||
Name by Name he calls unceasingly, in elder time, before the Sun, before the Dawn. When first the Unborn came to full becoming, then verily he won that self-sovereignty, than which no other being is higher.
वह नाम-नाम से निरन्तर पुकारता है—प्राचीन काल में, सूर्य से भी पहले, उषा से भी पहले। जब अज (अजन्मा) प्रथम बार पूर्ण रूप से प्रकट हुआ, तब उसी ने वह स्वराज्य (आत्म-सम्राज्य) प्राप्त किया, जिसके ऊपर कोई अन्य भूत (सत्ता) परम नहीं है।
Rishi: Skambha-hymn tradition
Devata: Aja (the Unborn) / Skambha-Brahman; Nāman as operative principle
Chandas: Mixed/expanded Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (longer final pāda; Atharvanic style)
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