Mantra 6
Sukta 28
त्रेधा जातं जन्मनेदं हिरण्यमग्नेरेकं प्रियतमं बभूव सोमस्यैकं हिंसितस्य परापतत्। अपामेकं वेधसां रेत आहुस्तत् ते हिरण्यं त्रिवृदस्त्वायुषे
trédhā jātáṃ jánmanedáṃ híraṇyam agnér ékaṃ priyátamaṃ babhūva sómasyáikaṃ hiṃsitásya párāpatat | apā́m ékaṃ vedhásāṃ réta āhús tát te híraṇyaṃ trivṛ́d astv ā́yuṣe |
Threefold in birth is this gold: one share became Agni’s, most dear; one share of Soma, when smitten, flew away; one share, of the Waters, the wise have called ‘seed’. That gold of thine, threefold, let it be for life.
जन्म से यह हिरण्य (सोना) त्रिविध है: एक भाग अग्नि का हुआ—अत्यन्त प्रिय; एक भाग सोम का, आहत होने पर दूर उड़ गया; एक भाग अपां (जल) का—जिसे वेधस (ज्ञानी) ‘रेतस्’ (बीज) कहते हैं। तेरा वह त्रिवृत् हिरण्य आयु के लिए हो।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Hiraṇya (gold) as empowered substance; associated with Agni/Soma/Āpah
Chandas: Mixed/irregular (narrative triṣṭubh tendency)
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