Shloka 4

हिरण्यपुरवर्णनम्

Description of Hiraṇyapura and the Nivātakavacas

Devanagari script

अत्रामृतं सुरै: पीत्वा निहित॑ निहतारिभि: । अत: सोमस्य हानिश्च वृद्धिश्वैव प्रदृश्यते

Transliteration

atrāmṛtaṃ suraiḥ pītvā nihitaṃ nihatāribhiḥ | ataḥ somasya hāniś ca vṛddhiś caiva pradṛśyate ||

Translation

ଏଠାରେ ଦେବତାମାନେ ଶତ୍ରୁମାନଙ୍କୁ ସଂହାର କରି ଅମୃତ ପାନ କରି, ଯାହା ଅବଶିଷ୍ଟ ରହିଲା ତାହା ଏହି ସ୍ଥାନରେ ନିହିତ କଲେ। ତେଣୁ ସୋମରେ କ୍ଷୟ ଓ ବୃଦ୍ଧି—ଦୁହେଁ ଦେଖାଯାଏ।

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• अमृतम्: nectar, ambrosia
• अमृतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सुरैः: by the gods
• सुरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• पीत्वा: having drunk
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (पिबति)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (sense), Non-finite

• निहितम्: placed, deposited
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-धा
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• निहत-अरिभिः: by those whose enemies were slain / by slayers of enemies
• निहत-अरिभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निहत + अरि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अतः: therefore, from this
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः

• सोमस्य: of Soma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• हानिः: decrease, waning
• हानिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हानि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वृद्धिः: increase, waxing
• वृद्धिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• प्रदृश्यते: is seen, appears
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दृश्
• Form: Lat (present), Atmanepada, Third, Singular, Passive/impersonal sense

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Sura (Devas)
• Amṛta
• Soma (Moon/Soma)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.