Mantra 20

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अन्तर्गर्भश्चरति देवतास्वाभूतो भूतः स उ जायते पुनः । स भूतो भव्यं भविष्यत् पिता पुत्रं प्र विवेशा शचीभिः

IAST Transliteration

antárgarbhaś carati devátāsv ā́bhūto bhūtáḥ sá u jā́yate púnaḥ | sá bhūtó bhávyam bhaviṣyát pitā́ putráṃ prá viveśa śácībhiḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With inner womb he moveth among the deities; become what hath become, he verily is born again. He, having been, becometh what shall be: the Father, with his powers, hath entered forth into the Son.

Word by Word

अन्तर्गर्भःthe inner embryo / the one within the womb

चरतिmoves, wanders

देवतासुamong the deities

आभूतःhaving come into being, arisen

भूतःbecome, existent

सःhe

उindeed, also

जायतेis born

पुनःagain

सःhe

भूतःhaving become

भव्यम्the future (what is to be)

भविष्यत्coming, about-to-be

पिताthe father

पुत्रम्the son

प्रforth, forward

विवेशentered

शचीभिःwith powers/skills (effective energies)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer(s) of the Prāṇa hymn-cycle

Devata: Prāṇa / Hiraṇyagarbha-like life principle

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence is possible here; metrical classification varies in AV tradition (often treated as non-Anuṣṭubh in speculative sections)

Mantra Rasa

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