Mantra 42

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आरोहन्छुक्रो बृहतीरतन्द्रो द्वे रूपे कृणुते रोचमानः । चित्रश्चिकित्वान् महिषो वातमाया यावतो लोकानभि यद् विभाति

IAST Transliteration

āróhan śukró bṛhatī́r átandro dvé rūpé kṛṇute rócamānaḥ | citráś cikitvā́n mahiṣó vātamāyā́ yā́vato lokā́n abhí yád vibhā́ti

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ascending, bright, unwearied, he traverseth the mighty regions; shining, he assumeth twofold forms. Wondrous, discerning, the mighty Bull, whose magic is as wind, he shineth forth over whatsoever worlds there be, making them manifest.

Word by Word

आरोहन्ascending, mounting

शुक्रःbright, radiant (one)

बृहतीःthe great (ones); great regions/expanses

अतन्द्रःunwearied, untiring

द्वेtwo

रूपेforms

कृणुतेmakes, fashions

रोचमानःshining, being radiant

चित्रःvariegated, wondrous

चिकित्वान्wise, discerning

महिषःbull; mighty one

वातमायाःwind-like powers/illusions; airy devices

यावतःas many as

लोकान्worlds, realms

अभिtowards, over

यत्that which; insofar as

विभातिshines forth, illuminates

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with solar seers in AV 13.2 (Āditya/Sūrya hymn complex); specific r̥ṣi attribution varies in ancillary indices.

Devata: Sūrya/Āditya (solar ‘mahiṣa’)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; long pādas with 11-syllable cadence)

Mantra Rasa

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