Mantra 14

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इयं वेदिः परो अन्तः पृथिव्या अयं सोमो वृष्णो अश्वस्य रेतः । अयं यज्ञो विश्वस्य भुवनस्य नाभिर्ब्रह्मायं वाचः परमं व्योऽम

IAST Transliteration

iyáṃ vedíḥ páro ántaḥ pṛthivyā́ ayáṃ sómo vṛ́ṣṇo áśvasya rétaḥ | ayáṃ yajñó víśvasya bhúvanasya nā́bhir bráhmāyaṃ vā́caḥ parám vyòma ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This altar is the uttermost end of Earth; this Soma is the seed of the virile Horse. This sacrifice is the navel of all the world of being; this is the Brahman, Speech’s highest firmament.

Word by Word

इयम्this

वेदिःaltar

परःhigher, beyond

अन्तःwithin, inside

पृथिव्याःof the earth

अयम्this

सोमःSoma

वृष्णःof the bull (virile one)

अश्वस्यof the horse

रेतःseed, semen

अयम्this

यज्ञःsacrifice, ritual

विश्वस्यof all, of the whole

भुवनस्यof the world, of existence

नाभिःnavel; hub, center

ब्रह्मsacred power; brahman

अयम्this

वाचःof speech

परमम्highest, supreme

व्योमsky, firmament

Attribution

Rishi: Speculative seer per AV 9 anukramaṇī (variable).

Devata: Brahman/Vāc; also ritual elements (vedi, soma, yajña) as deified correspondences.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (edition-dependent).

Mantra Rasa

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