Mantra 13

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पृच्छामि त्वा परमन्तं पृथिव्याः पृच्छामि वृष्णो अश्वस्य रेतः । पृच्छामि विश्वस्य भुवनस्य नाभिं पृच्छामि वाचः परमं व्योऽम

IAST Transliteration

pṛcchā́mi tvā parám ántaṃ pṛthivyā́ḥ pṛcchā́mi vṛ́ṣṇo áśvasya rétaḥ | pṛcchā́mi víśvasya bhúvanasya nā́bhiṃ pṛcchā́mi vā́caḥ parám vyòma ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

I ask thee of the uttermost end of Earth; I ask of the seed of the virile Horse. I ask of the navel of all this world of being; I ask of Speech’s highest firmament.

Translation

ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪૃਥਵੀ ਦੇ ਪਰਮ ਅੰਤ ਬਾਰੇ ਪੁੱਛਦਾ ਹਾਂ; ਵೃಷਣ (ਵੀਰਯਵਾਨ) ਅਸ਼ਵ ਦੇ ਰੇਤਸ (ਵੀਰਯ) ਬਾਰੇ ਪੁੱਛਦਾ ਹਾਂ। ਮੈਂ ਇਸ ਸਮੂਹ ਭੁਵਨ ਦੀ ਨਾਭੀ ਬਾਰੇ ਪੁੱਛਦਾ ਹਾਂ; ਮੈਂ ਵਾਚ (ਵਾਣੀ) ਦੇ ਪਰਮ ਵ੍ਯੋਮ (ਉੱਚਤਮ ਆਕਾਸ਼) ਬਾਰੇ ਪੁੱਛਦਾ ਹਾਂ।

Word by Word

पृच्छामिI ask / I inquire

त्वाyou (as object)

परमम्the highest / utmost

अन्तम्end, limit

पृथिव्याःof the earth

पृच्छामिI ask

वृष्णःof the bull / of the virile one

अश्वस्यof the horse

रेतःseed, semen

पृच्छामिI ask

विश्वस्यof all, of the whole

भुवनस्यof the world / being

नाभिम्navel; hub, center

पृच्छामिI ask

वाचःof speech

परमम्highest

व्योमsky, firmament

Attribution

Rishi: Speculative seer per AV 9 anukramaṇī (variable).

Devata: Brahman/Vāc (implicit), with cosmological correspondences.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (edition-dependent).

Mantra Rasa

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