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Shloka 4

हिरण्यपुरवर्णनम्

Description of Hiraṇyapura and the Nivātakavacas

अत्रामृतं सुरै: पीत्वा निहित॑ निहतारिभि: । अत: सोमस्य हानिश्च वृद्धिश्वैव प्रदृश्यते

atrāmṛtaṃ suraiḥ pītvā nihitaṃ nihatāribhiḥ | ataḥ somasya hāniś ca vṛddhiś caiva pradṛśyate ||

Nārada nói: “Chính tại nơi đây, sau khi chư thiên đã diệt kẻ thù, họ uống cam lộ rồi đặt phần còn lại ngay ở chốn này. Bởi vậy, nơi Soma người ta thấy cả sự hao giảm lẫn tăng trưởng—sự khuyết và tròn, sự vơi và đầy—phát sinh từ phần cam lộ còn dư ấy.”

अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
अमृतम्nectar, ambrosia
अमृतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअमृत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सुरैःby the gods
सुरैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसुर
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
पीत्वाhaving drunk
पीत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootपा (पिबति)
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (sense), Non-finite
निहितम्placed, deposited
निहितम्:
TypeVerb
Rootनि-धा
Formक्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
निहत-अरिभिःby those whose enemies were slain / by slayers of enemies
निहत-अरिभिः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootनिहत + अरि
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
अतःtherefore, from this
अतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतः
सोमस्यof Soma
सोमस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootसोम
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
हानिःdecrease, waning
हानिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहानि
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
वृद्धिःincrease, waxing
वृद्धिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवृद्धि
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
प्रदृश्यतेis seen, appears
प्रदृश्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-दृश्
FormLat (present), Atmanepada, Third, Singular, Passive/impersonal sense

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
S
Sura (Devas)
A
Amṛta
S
Soma (Moon/Soma)

Educational Q&A

The verse offers an etiological explanation for a cosmic rhythm: Soma’s waxing and waning is linked to a divine act and its residue, suggesting that observable natural cycles are grounded in a moral-mythic order shaped by the deeds of higher beings.

Nārada explains that the gods, after defeating their enemies, drank amṛta and left the remaining portion at that spot; this leftover is presented as the reason Soma is seen to diminish and increase over time.