Mantra 17

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

को अस्मिन् रेतो न्यऽदधात् तन्तुरा तायतामिति । मेधां को अस्मिन्नध्यौहत् को बाणं को नृतो दधौ

IAST Transliteration

kó asmín réto ny-àdadhāt tánturā́ tāyatām íti | medhā́ṃ kó asmínn ádhy-àuhat kó bā́ṇaṃ kó nṛtó dadhau ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Who in this set down the seed—‘Let the thread, the giver, be stretched forth’? Who in this over-wove intelligence? who set the arrow? who established the human (office/act)?

Translation

ผู้ใดวางเมล็ดแห่งเชื้อไว้ในนี้—“ขอให้ด้าย ผู้ให้ จงถูกขึงให้ตึงยาวออกไป” ดังนี้? ผู้ใดทอปัญญาให้ซ้อนทับอยู่ในนี้? ผู้ใดตั้งลูกศร? ผู้ใดสถาปนาหน้าที่(การกระทำ)ของมนุษย์?

Word by Word

कःwho?

अस्मिन्in this (one/thing)

रेतःseed, semen

निdown, into; (prefix)

अदधात्placed, put

तन्तुःthread, filament

आtowards; (prefix)

तातायिताम्let it be stretched/extended

इतिthus

मेधाम्wisdom, intelligence

कःwho?

अस्मिन्in this

अध्यौहत्bore/placed upon, brought in (laid on)

कःwho?

बाणम्arrow

कःwho?

नृतःthe dancer; the one who dances

दधौhas placed, set

Attribution

Rishi: Skambha/Brahman inquiry tradition (AV 10.2)

Devata: Prajāpati/Brahman (as arranger of faculties)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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