Mantra 15

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

क्रोड आसीज्जामिशंसस्य सोमस्य कलशो धृतः । देवाः संगत्य यत् सर्व ऋषभं व्यकल्पयन्

IAST Transliteration

króḍa ā́sīj jā́miśaṁsasya sómasya kalaśó dhṛtáḥ | devā́ḥ saṁgátya yát sárva ṛṣabháṁ vyàkalpayan ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

A lap there was: for Soma of the self-praising kinsman the jar was firmly held. When all the Gods, assembled in one accord, set forth and duly ordered the Bull.

Translation

膝（ひざ）の座があった。自らを讃える同族のソーマ（Soma）のために、壺（かラシャ）は堅く支えられた。すべての神々が心を合わせて集いしとき、彼らはその牡牛を打ち立て、しかるべく整え定めた。

Word by Word

क्रोडःlap; bosom (as the ‘seat/holder’)

आसीत्was

जामिशंसस्यof the kin-imprecation / of the hostile curse

सोमस्यof Soma

कलशःjar; vessel

धृतःheld; placed; supported

देवाःthe gods

संगत्यhaving assembled; coming together

यत्that which

सर्वेall

ऋषभम्the bull; the chief/most excellent one

व्यकल्पयन्they arranged; they fashioned; they prepared

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (ṛṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī for AV 9.4; commonly treated as Atharvan/Angirasic material).

Devata: Ṛṣabha (Bull) as power-symbol; secondarily Soma and the collective Devas.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in this section; to be confirmed per pada-count in critical edition).

Mantra Rasa

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