Mantra 7

Sukta 91

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स ईं सत्येभिः सखिभिः शुचद्भिर्गोधायसं वि धनसैरदर्दः । ब्रह्मणस्पतिर्वृषभिर्वराहैर्घर्मस्वेदेभिर्द्रविणं व्याऽनट्

IAST Transliteration

sá ī́m satyébhiḥ sákhíbhiḥ śucádbhir godhā́yasaṃ ví dhanasáir adardaḥ | bráhmaṇaspátir vṛ́ṣabhir varā́hair gharmásvedebhir dráviṇaṃ vy-ā́naṭ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He, even he, with true comrades, with the pure and shining, clave the godhāyasa asunder with crushing smiters. Brahmaṇaspati, with bulls, with boars, with heat-sweating powers, won forth the treasure.

Translation

அவனே—உண்மையான நண்பர்களோடு, தூயவும் ஒளிர்வுமான தோழர்களோடு—தனஸ் (அடிப்போர்) எனும் நசுக்கும் தாக்குதல்களால் ‘கோதாயஸ’த்தைப் பிளந்து பிரித்தான். பிரஹ்மணஸ்பதி காளைகளோடு, வராகங்களோடு, க்ஹர்ம-ஸ்வேத (தப-உஷ்ண) சக்திகளோடு, அந்தத் திரவிணம் (செல்வம்) வெளிப்படச் செய்து பெற்றான்.

Word by Word

सःhe (that one)

ईम्indeed; just

सत्येभिःwith the true (ones/means)

सखिभिःwith friends

शुचद्भिःwith the shining/pure (ones)

गोधायसम्the iron-like/iron-bodied ‘godhā’ (lizard/serpent-like foe)

विapart; asunder

धनसाःwith riches/booty (as means)

अदर्दःhe crushed/split

ब्रह्मणस्पतिःBrahmaṇaspati

वृषभिःwith bulls

वराहैःwith boars

घर्मस्वेदेभिःwith hot sweats/heat-sweats

द्रविणम्wealth; treasure

विforth; widely

आनट्he attained/brought (forth)

Attribution

Rishi: Bṛhaspati (traditional RV attribution carried into AV 20 as RV-repetition context)

Devata: Brahmaṇaspati/Bṛhaspati

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (RV-style; AV 20 largely reproduces RV meters)

Mantra Rasa

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