Mantra 13

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सं हि सोमेनागत समु सर्वेण पद्वता । वशा समुद्रमध्यष्ठाद् गन्धर्वैः कलिभिः सह

IAST Transliteration

sáṃ hí sómenā́gata sám u sárveṇa padvátā | váśā samudrám ádhy-aṣṭhād gandharváir kálibhiḥ sahá ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Yea, with Soma came she, in full accord, with all that is footed. Vāśā bestrode the Ocean, together with the Gandharvas, with the Kalis beside her.

Word by Word

सम्together, completely

हिindeed, for

सोमेनwith Soma

आगतcame, arrived

सम्together

उand, also (emphatic)

सर्वेणwith all, wholly

पद्वताwith (one) having feet/steps; with the footed (one)

वशाVashā (a cow/ritual cow; proper name)

समुद्रम्the ocean, sea

अध्यष्ठात्stood over, presided over, occupied

गन्धर्वैःwith the Gandharvas

कलिभिःwith the Kalis (a class of beings/attendants; or ‘strifes/dice’ by lexeme)

सहtogether with

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn internal narrative; r̥ṣi not separately named in the verse)

Devata: Vāśā; Soma; Gandharvas as mythic agents

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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