Mantra 1

Sukta 15

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वृष्टिः। समुत्पतन्तु प्रदिशो नभस्वतीः समभ्राणि वातजूतानि यन्तु । महऋषभस्य नदतो नभस्वतो वाश्रा आपः पृथिवीं तर्पयन्तु

IAST Transliteration

vr̥ṣṭíḥ | samútpatantu pradíśo nabhasvatī́ḥ sám abhrā́ṇi vātájūtāni yantu | mahār̥ṣabhásya nádataḥ nabhasvató vāśrā́ ā́paḥ pr̥thivī́ṃ tarpayantu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Rain. Let the cloud-bearing regions spring up together; let the wind-driven clouds move in a mass. Let the strong waters of the great Bull, of the thundering, clouded one, refresh and satisfy the Earth.

Translation

Mưa. Nguyện các phương mang mây cùng nhau bừng dậy; nguyện những đám mây bị gió thúc đẩy chuyển đi thành một khối. Nguyện những dòng nước hùng mạnh của Đại Ngưu—kẻ gầm vang, kẻ mang mây—làm tươi nhuận và làm no đủ cho Đất.

Word by Word

वृष्टिःrain; rainfall

सम्together; completely

उत्up; forth

पतन्तुlet (them) fly/fall

प्रदिशःthe directions (quarters)

नभस्वतीःcloud-bearing; sky-filled

सम्together

अभ्राणिclouds

वातजूतानिdriven by the wind

यन्तुlet (them) go/come

महाऋषभस्यof the great bull

नदतःof (him) roaring

नभस्वतःof the sky(-one); of the cloud-bearing one

वाश्राःroaring; rushing (waters)

आपःwaters

पृथिवीम्the earth

तर्पयन्तुlet (them) satisfy/refresh

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic seers for rain-hymns (specific r̥ṣi depends on anukramaṇī)

Devata: Vṛṣṭi (Rain), Parjanya/Indra-like rain-bull, Āpaḥ (Waters)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like movement (longer cadence), though Atharvanic transmission may be irregular

Mantra Rasa

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