Mantra 22

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदुदरं वरुणस्यानुप्राविशथा वशे । ततस्त्वा ब्रह्मोदह्वयत् स हि नेत्रमवेत् तव

IAST Transliteration

yád udáraṃ váruṇasyā́nu-prā́viśathā vaśe | tátas tvā bráhmódā́hvayat sá hí netrám avét táva ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

When thou, O Vaśā, didst enter after and within the belly of Varuṇa, then did the Brahman invoke thee forth; for he, in truth, knew thy guiding rein.

Translation

ਹੇ ਵਸ਼ਾ, ਜਦੋਂ ਤੂੰ ਵਰੁਣ ਦੇ ਉਦਰ ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰ, ਉਸ ਦੀ ਅਨੁਗਤੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਵੇਸ਼ ਕੀਤਾ, ਤਦ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣ ਨੇ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਬਾਹਰ ਆਉਣ ਲਈ ਆਹਵਾਨ ਕੀਤਾ; ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਉਹ ਸੱਚਮੁੱਚ ਤੇਰੀ ਨੇਤਰ-ਰਸ਼ਮੀ (ਮਾਰਗ-ਦਰਸ਼ਕ ਲਗਾਮ) ਨੂੰ ਜਾਣਦਾ ਸੀ।

Word by Word

यत्which/that

उदरम्belly, abdomen

वरुणस्यof Varuṇa

अनुप्राविशथाःyou entered into (after/along, forth)

वशेin (his) control, under sway

ततःthen, from that

त्वाyou

ब्रह्मthe sacred utterance / Brahman (prayer, holy power)

उदह्वयत्called up, invoked

सःhe

हिindeed, for

नेत्रम्leader; guide; protector (lit. ‘one who leads’)

अवेत्knew, recognized

तवof you, your

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (sūkta attributed within Atharvanic corpus; specific r̥ṣi assignment depends on Anukramaṇī tradition).

Devata: Vaśā (personified power) with Varuṇa as mythic frame of binding/restraint.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in this section).

Mantra Rasa

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