Mantra 1

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विराट्। कुतस्तौ जातौ कतमः सो अर्धः कस्माल्लोकात् कतमस्याः पृथिव्याः । वत्सौ विराजः सलिलादुदैतां तौ त्वा पृछामि कतरेण दुग्धा

IAST Transliteration

virā́ṭ | kútaḥ táu jātáu katamáḥ só ardháḥ kásmāl lokā́t katamásyāḥ pṛthivyā́ḥ | vatsáu virā́jaḥ salilā́d údaitāṃ táu tvā pṛ́chāmi kataréṇa dúgdhā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Virāj! Whence were those two born? which is that half? from what world, from which Earth? Two calves of Virāj rose up from the waters: thee I ask—by which of them is the milking made?

Translation

ହେ ବିରାଟ୍! ସେ ଦୁଇଜଣ କେଉଁଠୁ ଜନ୍ମିଲେ? କେଉଁଟି ସେ ଅର୍ଧ? କେଉଁ ଲୋକରୁ, ଏହି ପୃଥିବୀର କେଉଁ ଭାଗରୁ? ବିରାଟଙ୍କ ଦୁଇଟି ବଛଡ଼ା ଜଳରୁ ଉଦିତ ହେଲେ; ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ପଚାରୁଛି—ସେମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରୁ କେଉଁଟି ଦ୍ୱାରା ଦୋହନ ହୁଏ?

Word by Word

• विराट्: Virāj (cosmic/sovereign power; the Virāj)
• विराट्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराज् (प्रातिपदिक) / विराट्

• कुतः: from where
• कुतः: Apādāna
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• जातौ: born (the two)
• जातौ: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• कतमः: which (one)?
• कतमः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: कतम (प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: he/that
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• अर्धः: half, part
• अर्धः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्ध (प्रातिपदिक)

• कस्मात्: from which?
• कस्मात्: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम)

• लोकात्: from the world/realm
• लोकात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• कतमस्याः: of which (one)?
• कतमस्याः: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: कतम (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृथिव्याः: of the earth
• पृथिव्याः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• वत्सौ: two calves
• वत्सौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)

• विराजः: of Virāj
• विराजः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराज् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सलिलात्: from the waters, from the flood
• सलिलात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)

• उदैताम्: let the two rise up/come forth
• उदैताम्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-इ (धातु) → उद् + एताम्

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• पृछामि: I ask
• पृछामि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ् (धातु)

• कतरेण: by which (of the two)?
• कतरेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: कतर (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुग्धा: milked (the two), having been milked
• दुग्धा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुह् (धातु) → दुग्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Virāj-related speculative seer (anukramaṇī-dependent).

Devata: Virāj (addressed), with cosmogonic pair as implied devatā

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (confirm by count).

Mantra Rasa

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