Rig Veda 3.55.17 - Mandala 3, Sukta 55, Mantra 17

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Rig Veda 3.55.17: Mandala 3, Sukta 55, Mantra 17

Sukta 3.55

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (attributed for Maṇḍala 3); within 3.55 the hymn is commonly associated with Viśvāmitra’s family tradition

Devata: A synthetic sovereignty of the Ādityas/devas expressed as Bhaga/kingly Asura-might (ekaṃ mahad devānām asuratvam); the verse speaks in identifications rather than a single narrow deity

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (11-syllable pādas; refrain-like cadence with ‘mahad devānām asuratvam ekam’)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यदन्यासु वृषभो रोरवीति सो अन्यस्मिन्यूथे नि दधाति रेतः । स हि क्षपावान्त्स भगः स राजा महद्देवानामसुरत्वमेकम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 3.55.17

Transliteration

yád anyā́su vṛṣabhó róravīti sá anyásmin yūthé ní dadhāti rétaḥ | sá hí kṣapā́vān sá bhágaḥ sá rājā mahád devā́nām asura-tvám ékam ||

Translation

వేరే వేరే యూథాలలో వృషభ-బలం గర్జించినప్పుడు, అది మరొక సమూహంలో తన రేతస్ (వీర్యం/శక్తి-బీజం)ను స్థాపిస్తుంది. అతడే క్షపావాన్—రాత్రుల అధిపతి; అతడే భగ—ఆనందదాత; అతడే రాజా. దేవుల యొక్క అదే ఒక మహత్ అసురత్వం—ఏకైక అసుర-శక్తి (సార్వభౌమాధిపత్యం) ఉంది.

Word by Word

यत्when; that

अन्यासुamong/within other (fem.) [cows]

वृषभःthe bull

रोरवीतिroars; bellows

सःhe

अन्यस्मिन्in another

यूथेin the herd

निdown; into; firmly

दधातिplaces; deposits

रेतःseed; semen

सःhe

हिfor; indeed

क्षपावान्possessing nights; enduring through nights

सःhe

भगःBhaga; the Dispenser (of fortune)

सःhe

राजाking

महत्great

देवानाम्of the gods

असुरत्वम्asura-hood; lordly power

एकम्one; unique

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