Mantra 20

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यो वै ते विद्यादरणी याभ्यां निर्मथ्यते वसु । स विद्वान् ज्येष्ठं मन्येत स विद्याद् ब्राह्मणं महत्

IAST Transliteration

yó vái te vidyā́d áraṇī yā́bhyāṃ nirmáthyate vásu | sá vidvā́n jyéṣṭhaṃ manyeta sá vidyā́d brā́hmaṇaṃ mahát ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whoso in truth should know thy Aranis—those twain whereby the good treasure is churned forth—he, being a knower, should count himself the chief; he would know the mighty Brahman.

Translation

Ai thật sự biết Arāṇī (Araṇī) của ngươi—đôi que cọ lửa nhờ đó kho báu tốt lành được khuấy sinh—người ấy, bậc tri, nên tự nhận mình là bậc đứng đầu; người ấy sẽ biết Brahman vĩ đại.

Word by Word

यःwho (he who)

वैindeed

तेof you / your

विद्यात्should know

अरणीthe two fire-sticks (arani pair)

याभ्याम्by which two

निर्मथ्यतेis churned/produced by churning

वसुwealth; (here) the precious (fire)

सःhe

विद्वान्knowing, learned

ज्येष्ठम्the foremost, the eldest

मन्येतshould consider (himself)

सःhe

विद्यात्should know

ब्राह्मणम्a brahmin; a man of sacred knowledge

महत्great

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer-tradition (uncertain specific name in this excerpt).

Devata: Agni / Brahman (implicit), Araṇī as sacral instruments.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like, with Atharvanic flexibility.

Mantra Rasa

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