Shloka 4
हिरण्यपुरवर्णनम्
Description of Hiraṇyapura and the Nivātakavacas
अत्रामृतं सुरै: पीत्वा निहित॑ निहतारिभि: । अत: सोमस्य हानिश्च वृद्धिश्वैव प्रदृश्यते
atrāmṛtaṃ suraiḥ pītvā nihitaṃ nihatāribhiḥ | ataḥ somasya hāniś ca vṛddhiś caiva pradṛśyate ||
ナーラダは言った。「ここで、神々は敵を討ち滅ぼしたのち甘露を飲み、残りをこの場所に納め置いた。ゆえにソーマには、減少と増大――欠けと満ち、衰えと盛り――が見られる。それはその残余の甘露に由来するのだ。」
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse offers an etiological explanation for a cosmic rhythm: Soma’s waxing and waning is linked to a divine act and its residue, suggesting that observable natural cycles are grounded in a moral-mythic order shaped by the deeds of higher beings.
Nārada explains that the gods, after defeating their enemies, drank amṛta and left the remaining portion at that spot; this leftover is presented as the reason Soma is seen to diminish and increase over time.