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

வசா, நீ வருணனின் வயிற்றினுள்—அவன் வசத்திலே—உள்ளே புகுந்தபோது, பிராமணன் உன்னை வெளியே அழைத்தான்; ஏனெனில் அவன் உண்மையிலேயே உன் ‘நேத்ர’-கயிறு (வழிநடத்தும் கட்டு/கட்டுப்பாடு) யை அறிந்தவன்.

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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