Mantra 6

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ध्रुव आ रोह पृथिवीं विश्वभोजसमन्तरिक्षमुपभृदा क्रमस्व । जुहु द्यां गच्छ यजमानेन साकं स्रुवेण वत्सेन दिशः प्रपीनाः सर्वा धुक्ष्वाहृण्यमानः

IAST Transliteration

dhrúvā́ ā́ róha pṛthivī́m viśvá-bhojasam antárikṣam upabhṛ́dā krámasva | juhú dyā́m gáccha yájamānena sākáṃ sruvéṇa vatséna díśaḥ prápīnāḥ sárvā dhúkṣvā́hṛṇyamānaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Steadfast, ascend the Earth; stride with the upabhṛt-ladle through the all-nourishing Mid-air. Offer: go unto Heaven together with the Sacrificer; with the sruva, with the calf, do thou milk—all the Directions, made full—being drawn hither.

Translation

Hỡi đấng vững bền, hãy bước lên mặt đất; với muôi upabhṛt, hãy sải bước qua trung giới nuôi dưỡng muôn loài. Hãy dâng cúng: cùng với chủ tế, hãy đi đến cõi trời. Với muôi sruva, cùng với bê con, hãy vắt sữa các phương—mọi phương đã đầy tràn—khi được kéo về đây, hãy vắt cho trọn.

Word by Word

ध्रुवःO firm/steadfast one

आtowards, up

रोहascend, mount

पृथिवीम्the earth

विश्वभोजसम्all-nourishing, feeding all

अन्तरिक्षम्the midspace/atmosphere

उपभृदाwith the upabhṛt-ladle (a ritual spoon)

क्रमस्वstep forth, proceed

जुहुoffer, pour (as oblation)

द्याम्heaven, the sky

गच्छgo

यजमानेनwith the sacrificer

साकम्together

स्रुवेणwith the sruva-ladle

वत्सेनwith the calf

दिशःthe directions (quarters)

प्रपीनाःwell-filled, fully nourished

सर्वाःall

धुक्ष्वmilk out, yield (abundantly)

आहृण्यमानःbeing brought/led hither (being drawn in)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally associated with Atharvanic seers for AV 18 (funeral book); specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on Anukramaṇī tradition.

Devata: Cosmic regions (Pṛthivī, Antarikṣa, Dyauḥ) and the personified Directions; Agni implied through offering (juhú).

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like triṣṭubh-jagatī tendencies in AV 18; metrical identification requires pada-counting from a critical text.

Mantra Rasa

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