Mantra 38

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उपास्तरीरकरो लोकमेतमुरुः प्रथतामसमः स्वर्गः । तस्मिंछ्रयातै महिषः सुपर्णो देवा एनं देवताभ्यः प्रच्यछान्

IAST Transliteration

úpāstarī́r akaro lokám etám urúḥ práthatām ásamaḥ svargáḥ | tásmiñ chrāyātai mahiṣáḥ supárṇo devā́ enaṃ devátābhyaḥ prácyachān

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Thou hast spread beneath and fashioned this ordered world: let Heaven, broad-expanding, peerless, stretch abroad. Thereon let the Buffalo, the Fair-winged, take his station; the Gods have dealt him forth unto the several Deities as portion.

Translation

ତୁମେ ତଳେ ପାତି ଏହି ସୁନିୟମିତ ଲୋକକୁ ଗଢ଼ିଛ; ଅସମ, ବିଶାଳ-ବିସ୍ତାରଶୀଳ ସ୍ୱର୍ଗ ସର୍ବତ୍ର ପ୍ରସାରିତ ହେଉ। ସେଠାରେ ମହିଷ—ସୁପର୍ଣ (ସୁନ୍ଦର ପକ୍ଷବାନ)—ନିଜ ସ୍ଥାନ ଗ୍ରହଣ କରୁ; ଦେବମାନେ ତାହାକୁ ବିଭିନ୍ନ ଦେବତାଙ୍କୁ ଭାଗରୂପେ ବଣ୍ଟନ କରିଦେଇଛନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• उपास्तरीः: you spread/laid down
• उपास्तरीः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-स्तॄ (धातु) / उपास्तरी (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• अकरः: you made/did
• अकरः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• लोकम्: the world/realm
• लोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• एतम्: this
• एतम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उरुः: broad, wide
• उरुः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उरु (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रथताम्: may (it) spread/extend
• प्रथताम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रथ् (धातु)

• असमः: unequalled, matchless
• असमः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-सम (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वर्गः: heaven; the heavenly world
• स्वर्गः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• तस्मिन्: in that (world)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रयातै: may (he) resort/settle
• श्रयातै: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रि (धातु)

• महिषः: the great bull/buffalo (epithet)
• महिषः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिष (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुपर्णः: the fair-winged one (bird; epithet)
• सुपर्णः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सुपर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• एनम्: him/this one
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्/इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; एनद्-श्रृंखला)

• देवताभ्यः: to the deities
• देवताभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• अच्यछान्: they covered/veiled (him)
• अच्यछान्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: छद्/छन्द् (धातु: ‘आच्छादन/प्रच्छादन’), वैदिक रूप ‘च्यछ’ (लुङ्)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic/Angirasa milieu (cosmographic hymn-cycle; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition).

Devata: Svarga/Loka as personified goal; supporting figures (Mahīṣa, Suparṇa) and the collective Devas.

Chandas: Mixed/Triṣṭubh-like cadence in the pādas (edition-dependent scansion).

Mantra Rasa

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