Mantra 3

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तिस्रो ह प्रजा अत्यायमायन् न्य१न्या अर्कमभितोऽविशन्त । बृहन् ह तस्थौ रजसो विमानो हरितो हरिणीरा विवेश

IAST Transliteration

tísro ha prajā́ atiyā́yamāyan ny ànyā́ arkám abhíto ’viśanta | bṛhán ha tasthau rájaso vimā́no hárīto hárīṇīr ā́ viveśa

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Three, verily, were the creatures: they went on, passing beyond; the others entered round about the Sun. The Vast One stood fast, measuring out the airy realm; the tawny powers, the tawny mothers, entered in.

Translation

แท้จริงมีหมู่สัตว์สามประการ: พวกเขาเคลื่อนไป ล่วงพ้นขอบเขต; ส่วนอื่น ๆ เข้าไปโดยรอบดวงอาทิตย์ (อรฺกะ). ผู้กว้างใหญ่ยืนมั่น วัดกำหนดแดนแห่งอากาศ; พลังสีเหลืองอมน้ำตาล เหล่าแม่สีเหลืองอมน้ำตาล ก็เข้าไปภายในนั้น

Word by Word

तिस्रःthree (fem.)

हindeed, surely

प्रजाःcreatures, progeny

अत्यायम्danger, calamity

आयन्they came/approached

निdown, into

अन्याःothers

अर्कम्sun; hymn/praise (arká)

अभितःaround, on all sides

अविशन्तthey entered

बृहन्the great one

हindeed

तस्थौstood

रजसःof the space/atmosphere (rajas)

विमानःmeasurer/one who traverses; (lit.) the strider

हरितःthe tawny (horses/rays)

हरिणीःthe tawny mares/doe-like ones

आtowards, into

विवेशentered, went in

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with speculative seers of late Atharvanic strata (often treated as ‘Brahmavidyā’ material rather than a single named ṛṣi in some traditions)

Devata: Savitṛ/Sūrya as cosmic measurer; also the impersonal ‘Bṛhat’ (the Vast)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (late, speculative style; metrical irregularities occur in this kanda)

Mantra Rasa

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