Mantra 11

Sukta 15

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रजापतिः सलिलादा समुद्रादाप ईरयन्नुदधिमर्दयाति । प्र प्यायतां वृष्णो अश्वस्य रेतोऽर्वाङेतेन स्तनयित्नुनेहि

IAST Transliteration

prajā́patiḥ salilā́dā samudrā́d ā́pa ī́rayan udadhím ardayāti | prá pyāyatāṃ vṛ́ṣṇo áśvasya réto ’rvā́ṅ eténa stanayitnúnehí ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Prajāpati, from flood and ocean, impelling the Waters, stirs the swelling sea. Let the seed of the virile stallion wax full; hither, with this thunder, come thou!

Translation

Prajāpati, từ cơn lụt và từ đại dương, thúc động các Nước, khuấy đảo vực biển đang dâng phồng. Nguyện tinh chủng của ngựa đực hùng mạnh được đầy tràn, tăng trưởng; với tiếng sấm này, hãy đến về phía này!

Word by Word

प्रजापतिःPrajāpati

सलिलात्from the waters, from the flood

आforth, towards

समुद्रात्from the ocean

अपःthe waters

ईरयन्setting in motion, impelling

उदधिम्the sea, the watery expanse

अर्दयातिpresses, churns, agitates

प्रforth, forward

प्यायताम्let it swell, let it become full

वृष्णःof the bull (virile one)

अश्वस्यof the horse

रेतःseed, semen

अर्वाक्towards here, hither

एतेनwith this

स्तनयित्नुनाwith thunder, by the thunderbolt-like thunder

एहिcome!

Attribution

Rishi: AV 4.15 anukramaṇī attribution varies; commonly Atharvanic seer-line.

Devata: Prajāpati; also Parjanya/thunder implicitly.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like.

Mantra Rasa

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