Rig Veda 10.149.2 - Mandala 10, Sukta 149, Mantra 2

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Rig Veda 10.149.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 149, Mantra 2

Sukta 10.149

Devata: Savitṛ (named also apāṃ napāt)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यत्रा समुद्रः स्कभितो व्यौनदपां नपात्सविता तस्य वेद । अतो भूरत आ उत्थितं रजोऽतो द्यावापृथिवी अप्रथेताम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 10.149.2

Transliteration

yátrā samudráḥ skabhitó vyàunad apā́ṃ napāt savitā́ tásya veda | áto bhū́r áta ā́ utthítaṃ rájo 'to dyā́vā-pṛthivī́ aprathetām ||

Translation

Di mana samudera, disokong, terbentang luas—Savitṛ, Apām Napāt (Putera Perairan), mengetahuinya. Dari situ Bumi terbit; dari situ hamparan terangkat; dari situ Langit-dan-Bumi diluaskan: demikianlah alam-alam yang tertib menzahirkan diri.

Word by Word

यत्रwhere

समुद्रःthe ocean

स्कभितःpropped up, supported

विapart, forth

अवन्moved/flowed

अपाम्of the waters

नपात्the offspring/son (epithet: ‘Child of the Waters’)

सविताSavitar

तस्यof that (place/act)

वेदknows

अतःfrom there/thereupon

भूःthe earth

रतःfixed/established

आup, forth

उत्थितम्risen up

रजःthe space/firmament, airy region

अतःfrom there

द्यावाheaven (as one of the pair)

पृथिवीearth (as the other of the pair)

अप्रथेताम्spread out, became wide

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