Mantra 9

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दैवीर्विशः पयस्वाना तनोषि त्वामिन्द्रं त्वां सरस्वन्तमाहुः । सहस्रं स एकमुखा ददाति यो ब्राह्मण ऋषभमाजुहोति

IAST Transliteration

daivī́r víśaḥ páyasvānā tanóṣi tvā́m índraṃ tvā́ṃ sárasvantam āhuḥ | sahásraṃ sá ékamukhā́ dadāti yó brā́hmaṇá ṛṣabhám ājuhóti

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The divine clans, rich in milk, thou spreadest forth: thee they call Indra, thee Sarasvant. A thousand, from one mouth, he bestows—he who, a Brahman, offers the bull.

Word by Word

दैवीःdivine

विशःclans/peoples

पयस्वानाःrich in milk/abounding in nourishment

तनोषिyou extend/spread

त्वाम्you

इन्द्रम्Indra

त्वाम्you

सरस्वन्तम्Sarasvant (the one possessing Sarasvatī; a deity)

आहुःthey have called/they say

सहस्रम्a thousand

सःhe

एकमुखाःsingle-faced; of one mouth (united in one utterance)

ददातिgives

यःwho

ब्राह्मणःa Brahmin

ऋषभम्a bull; the best/foremost (as offering)

आजुहोतिoffers into the fire; makes an oblation

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī verification needed).

Devata: Indra and Sarasvant (syncretic identification of power)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (verification needed).

Mantra Rasa

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