Mantra 9

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कियता स्कम्भः प्र विवेश भूतं कियद् भविष्यदन्वाशयेऽस्य । एकं यदङ्गमकृणोत् सहस्रधा कियता स्कम्भः प्र विवेश तत्र

IAST Transliteration

kíyatā skambháḥ prá viveśa bhūtáṃ kíyad bhaviṣyád anvā́śaye 'sya | ékaṃ yád áṅgam ákṛṇot sahásradhā kíyatā skambháḥ prá viveśa tátra ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

By what measure did Skambha enter the being that is past? how much of what shall be doth he attend thereafter? When he made the one member thousandfold—by what measure did Skambha enter therein?

Translation

スカンバ（Skambha）はいかなる量りによって、すでに成った過去（bhūta）へ入り込んだのか。これから成る未来（bhaviṣyat）のいかほどを、彼は後に随い見守るのか。ひとつの肢（aṅga）を千重に成したとき——スカンバはどの量りによってそこへ入り込んだのか。

Word by Word

कियताby how much? (to what extent?)

स्कम्भःthe Support/Pillar (Skambha)

प्रforth; forward; fully

विवेशentered; pervaded

भूतम्what has become; the existent (past being)

कियत्how much? what extent?

भविष्यत्what will be; the future

अन्वाशयेI lie along after; I follow/adhere (to)

अस्यof him/it; of this

एकम्one

यत्which; that which

अङ्गम्limb; part

अकृणोत्made; fashioned

सहस्रधाa thousandfold; into a thousand parts

कियताby how much? (to what extent?)

स्कम्भःthe Support/Pillar (Skambha)

प्रforth; fully

विवेशentered; pervaded

तत्रthere; in that (place/state)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous (Skambha hymn complex).

Devata: Skambha (brahman).

Chandas: Mixed/variable; often treated as speculative meter with triṣṭubh-like members.

Mantra Rasa

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