Mantra 13

Sukta 10

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सं हि सोमेनागत समु सर्वेण पद्वता । वशा समुद्रमध्यष्ठाद् गन्धर्वैः कलिभिः सह

IAST Transliteration

sáṃ hí sómenā́gata sám u sárveṇa padvátā | váśā samudrám ádhy-aṣṭhād gandharváir kálibhiḥ sahá ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Yea, with Soma came she, in full accord, with all that is footed. Vāśā bestrode the Ocean, together with the Gandharvas, with the Kalis beside her.

Translation

诚然，她与苏摩（Soma）同来，和合一致，与一切有足者同在。瓦沙（Vāśā）跨临大海，与甘达婆（Gandharva）众同处，迦利（Kali）诸女伴随其侧。

Word by Word

सम्together, completely

हिindeed, for

सोमेनwith Soma

आगतcame, arrived

सम्together

उand, also (emphatic)

सर्वेणwith all, wholly

पद्वताwith (one) having feet/steps; with the footed (one)

वशाVashā (a cow/ritual cow; proper name)

समुद्रम्the ocean, sea

अध्यष्ठात्stood over, presided over, occupied

गन्धर्वैःwith the Gandharvas

कलिभिःwith the Kalis (a class of beings/attendants; or ‘strifes/dice’ by lexeme)

सहtogether with

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn internal narrative; r̥ṣi not separately named in the verse)

Devata: Vāśā; Soma; Gandharvas as mythic agents

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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