Mantra 12

Sukta 9

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

छन्दःपक्षे उषसा पेपिशाने समानं योनिमनु सं चरेमे । सूर्यपत्नी सं चरतः प्रजानती केतुमती अजरे भूरिरेतसा

IAST Transliteration

chándaḥpakṣe uṣásā pepiśāné samānáṃ yónim ánu sáṃ careme | sū́ryapatnī sáṃ carataḥ prajānátī ketúmatī ajáre bhū́riretasā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

On the wing of Metre, with Dawn waxing full, let us together follow unto the self-same womb. The Sun’s Consort—together they move—bringing forth, radiant-bannered, unaging, of abundant generative might.

Translation

சந்தஸின் சிறகில், உஷஸ் நிறைவடைந்து வளரும்போது, நாம் அனைவரும் ஒரே யோனியை நோக்கி ஒன்றாகச் செல்வோம். சூர்யபத்னி—இருவரும் ஒன்றாகச் செல்கின்றனர்—பிரஜையை அறிந்து/உருவாக்கி, கேதுமதி (ஒளிக்கொடி உடையவள்), அஜர (முதுமையற்றவள்), மற்றும் பூரிரேதஸா (மிகுந்த ஜனன-வலிமை உடையவள்).

Word by Word

छन्दःmetre; (in) the metrical form

पक्षेin the wing/side; in the half (fortnight)

उषसाwith Dawn (Uṣas)

पेपिशानेbeing adorned/brightening; in the state of shining

समानम्the same; common

योनिम्womb; source; abode

अनुalong; following

सम्together; completely

चरेमेwe move/walk; we proceed

सूर्यपत्नीSūrya’s wife (a goddess/title)

सम्together

चरतःthe two move/go together

प्रजानतीknowing; discerning

केतुमतीpossessing a banner/light; radiant

अजरेin the unaging (state/place); undecaying

भूरिरेतसाwith abundant seed/impulse; richly generative

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic speculative/paustika seer tradition (variable).

Devata: Virāj/chandas with Uṣas and Sūryapatnī as associated productive powers.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like; explicit chandas-reflexivity within the verse.

Mantra Rasa

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